Andy Roddick – The Best in Miami
Unflappable, poised, experienced and relentless, Andy Roddick went about his work on Sunday.
Unflappable, poised, experienced and relentless, Andy Roddick went about his work on Sunday.
Determined, focused and relentless, Belgium’s top hard court player, Kim Clijsters, showed just how good the tennis mother of a tennis child can be.
America’s Slam-Bang-Thank-You-Ma’am kid is gone! In his place is a motivated, highly professional, media magnet and experienced strategist extraordinaire, 27 year-old global Nebraskan Andy Roddick.
Three heavyweights have been joined by upset specialist Tomas Berdych of Czechoslovakia to battle in the semifinals of the Men’s Draw in Miami at the Sony Ericsson on Friday.
Tournament organizer’s could not have charted Wednesday’s Men’s Quarterfinal outcomes any better. The lower draw will now feature a semifinal pairing between two of the tour’s big names and biggest guns when American Andy Roddick challenges Spain’s Rafa Nadal on Friday.
3 of the four top and hottest players on the Women’s Tour will join Serena Williams and 13th seeded substitute for Serena Williams, Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli, in the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Miami Open on Thursday.
He is mortal, after all. The question is, is the greatest player to ever hold a racket more mortal than ever? For the second week in a row, top seed Roger Federer took an unexpected tumble on Tuesday in Miami.
Roger Federer ran into some unexpected resistance at the hands of Frenchman Florent Serra but the top seed managed to hold on for a 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3) third round victory at the Sony Ericsson Miami Open on Monday.
It is safe, even easy, to say that Svetlana Kuznetsova is not a good frontrunner. She is not one of those athletes that relishes in carrying the number one bulls eye seed through an event. Svetlana is comfortable a bit down in the draw, say spots 6 – 10 and picking off higher seeds as they falter, just as unlikely candidates are now doing to her.
Rehabilitated David Nalbandian has always been tough on Rafa Nadal, and the one-time world number three showed why on Sunday.