As predicted, Rafael Nadal and Scotsman, Andy Murray will clash in the semifinals of this year's U.S. Open. Both looked good but beatable in their respective quarter final matches yesterday. Federer should cruise this afternoon in his quarter final match against Luxemborger (and qualifier), Gilles Muller, even though Fed needed five sets to dispatch Igor Andreev in the fourth round. Don't forget, Adreev is no slouch on this surface-- he upset Roddick here a couple years ago.
Speaking of A-Rod, of the six men left in the tourney, he is by far playing the best tennis. He is also the only one in the Top 10 who skipped the Olypmics. Hmmmmm . . . coincidence? Seriously, Andy lost six points on serve against Olympic Gold medalist, Fernando Gonzalez, and hardly broke a sweat winning easily in straight sets. Tonight he goes up against the reigning Australian Open champion, and current #3 in the world, Novak Djokovic. And oh by the way, Novak lost here last year in the final against Federer-- a match he should have won. On paper, this looks like a tough match for Roddick, but Djokovic looked extremely tired, and was pushed to five sets in his fourth round match. Look for the brash American to make it through to the semis easily. Fed should be waiting, but if A-Rod serves the way he has been thus far at the Open he should be able to get by him this year. Just a few weeks ago, I was slamming the state of American Men's tennis. I boldly predicted that Federer would win another slam before any American male would. Well, I hope I was dead wrong. Good luck Andy, I hope you end this four year, slam-less drought for the Americans (the longest in history).
As for the Women, after watching Serena beat Venus last night, I don't think Dinara Safina will have enough to get past her in the Semis. That truly was a great match last night, probably better than their Wimbledon final a few weeks ago. Venus failed to convert set points 10 times, which was ultimately her downfall. All-American sweep in singles this year? We can only hope.
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I will never understand Roddick :(
Explain - I read about the match and it looked like he got whipped. I spent my evening flipping between McCain, Skins/Giants and Kitchen Nightmares (I love that Gordon Ramsey guy).
Two days ago he looked unstoppable. Last night he didn't show up until the third set. How does a guy with the fastest serve in history lose 4 of his first 8 service games? Also, same guy is leading, 5-4, 30-Love and somehow manages to lose the set-- again, I ask: how is that possible???? Factor in that there are 15,000 fans begging-- check that-- screaming for him to win. It's a New York crowd and it's late night. That was the biggest CHOKE I've ever seen.
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