Maybe the Ferrer match wore Roddick out too much. When you look at the stats, 20+ winners by Nadal to none for Roddick (off the ground that is) and 8 aces by Roddick to 6 for Nadal. Roddick would need more than 20 aces and get half the points free for every game. Roddick lacks
At first, it seemed like Murray would expose all of Isner's weaknesses. Isner has built a strategy on what he does well. Serve. Usually, if a player can return the Isner serve, it's a weak return. Isner has learned to hit a big forehand to either end the point or get him to net. But,
Now that we're getting to the final 4, let's see how everyone is doing so far. Roger Federer Federer beat Giraldo and Sela in the first two rounds. These are matches Fed rarely loses especially to someone like Sela who lacks the firepower that Federer has. Fed bullied Sela like an 18 yr old would
With Federer's dismissal of Juan Monaco in the fourth round, Federer found himself in yet another Slam quarterfinal, his 30th in a row. The iron man of tennis had saved his best tennis for Monaco in a thorough beatdown using his power to leave Monaco hapless. However, Federer really hoped that his tennis was going
With a respite from the rain that caused Wednesday to be washed out and the morning to be wet, the fourth round matches were all put on courts at the same time to get the fourth round complete. Unfortunately, at Louis Armstrong, Roddick noticed a bulge in the court with water coming up. This was
Due to rain, all men's matches are being scrubbed. The original plan was to play all fourth round matches and two of the four quarterfinals. The US Open still hopes to play all women's quarterfinals this evening so there would be a day rest on Thursday and semis played on Friday. There is still some
With the washout of play on Tuesday, the game plan was this: play all the fourth round on Wednesday, first thing, then play the men's quarterfinals late in the day. The rain stopped enough around noonish that 3 of the 4 men's matches were started. On slate were Roddick vs. Ferrer, Muller vs. Nadal, and
The remainder of the fourth round matches were expected to be played today due to rain from Hurricane Lee that hit the Gulf Coast and has been working its way north. Roger Federer must be thrilled that he got his match done quickly last night and that Monaco was in no position to come back
In three matches, Juan Monaco had dropped only one set, to the venerable Tommy Haas. So he had to be feeling pretty good about his game and giving Roger Federer a good match. Little did he expect that Roger Federer would have his best performance of the tournament. It's intriguing to watch Federer. When it's
Let's start with the first fourth-round match of the day. Janko Tipsarevic played Juan Carlos Ferrero. The two have met twice but not in four years. Ferrero won both encounters but both times they met, the match was close. It was expected that this would be a long match too. And boy was it! The
