From Steve Tignore at tennis.com

http://tennisworld.typepad.com/thewr...the-lucky-few/
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Roddick had been beaten three straight times by Murray and 18 times by Federer, but he approached both of this weekend's matches as if they were contested on even terms. He had been written off at Slams for years, but he set about remaking himself with a new coach for at least the fourth time. The upshot is that he just played the two best matches of...

As a fan of Dementieva (I always love stories about people who are held back by a personal flaw - her service in Dementieva's case - and fix that flaw and reemerge in full force), I was a bit ambivalent about the result of the Williams match. Serena can be a bit of a sourpuss and a sore loser, so I don' support her as uneqiuvocally as I once did. I was happy to see a Williams sister pushed to the limit for once during this tournament and congrats to Serena for a well earned victory. I'm also...

OK, it's old news now, but Roger Federer is still an amazing player. I remember a shot that Federer played against Roddick that caused Roddick to toss his racket across the net, walk around and pretty much show Federer that he was not worthy. Some people call it the greatest shot of all time - don't think it is, but it definitely is up there.

Not sure he's going to win tomorrow, but tomorrow will be a good match to see how far his clay game has come. I heard he hit some practice...