The last time Andy Murray and Andy Roddick met was two years ago at the Wimbledon semifinals when Roddick had the last big hurrah of his career: making the finals of Wimbledon and nearly beating Roger Federer.  Murray had his best chance to get to the finals, but two tiebreaks that went Roddick’s way lead to yet another failed meeting with Roger Federer.

Perhaps it should be no surprise that they’d meet each other on grass although they probably should have met on hardcourts by now, given how proficient both are.

Andy Murray was asked whether he wanted “revenge” on Roddick and he said no, that’s not the way it goes.  He smiled at this most common of interview questions.  Roddick, for his part, felt it was special chance, with an opportunity to win his fifth Queen’s title.

As it turns out, the match was not even close as Andy Murray himself admitted that everything he touched was gold.  He was slicing, drop shotting, serving well, passing at will.  The match was a tidy 6-3, 6-1 rout.

The announcers called it a “master class”.  This is often seen when, say, an experienced pianist is giving a lesson to an up-and-coming pianist, often in front of an audience, giving advice on how to play a particular song better.  Of course, the only lesson Roddick was getting was how to lose quickly.  It was odd how short he sliced his approach shots.  Bud Collins would have said it was way too short, but Roddick probably had his reasons.  Perhaps he hoped slicing short would make the pass tougher, but Murray just stepped in and made easy passes all day.

The number 2 Brit, James Ward, gave Jo-Wilfried Tsonga a scare.  Tsonga won the first set 6-3, but needed a 9-7 score in the tiebreak to win.  The two will play each other tomorrow for the title.

At Halle, they have the Philipp and Philipp show.  Kohlschrieber had a nice straight set win over Gael Monfils.  Petzschner needed three sets to beat Berdych.  This will produce an all German final.  Petzschner gave Nadal some trouble last year, pushing him to 5 sets.