He looks like that because he lost to John Isner. Who? An American, ranked 55 in the world, who casts a 6 foot 9 inch shadow, edged Roddick last night in a fifth set tiebreak, just one more reason why the USO is the autistic man-child of the Slam circuit. Deciding a tennis match with a fifth set tiebreak is like deciding a baseball game by a base-stealing competition.Wrapping up this day of upsets and ugliness, Haas fell to Nando Verdasco in another five setter, that Swede Soderling stopped Querrey from repeating his run to the fourth round--strike three for Americans hoping to win in New York, as James Blake succumbed to random Spaniard #5--and, as I predicted, Phillip Kohlschreiber lost to pouty Radek Stepanek. Lleyton Hewitt finally took a set from Coyote but ended up losing in four anyway. Davydenko continues his quiet march toward predictable defeat. And Jesse Witten steals a set from Djokovic?
Tomorrow Del Potro plays some punching bag named Koellerer, the final obstruction to Gilles Simon and a rematch of last year's exciting fourth rounder; Nadal faces Almagro; Jo-Willy Tsonga humors the practical joke that is Julien Benneteau; Marin Cilic, my favorite skinny Croatian, promises not to invade any part of Uzbekistan until after his opponent submits; Andy Murray ponders what Taylor Dent can possibly think he's doing here; and, isn't this what we're all waiting for, really, Kim Clijsters plays V. Williams in a much anticipated atavism.
Also, the 17 year old, 5'6 barbie doll from Georgia knocked out Sharapova. She's real spunky. I don't like that.
My predictions for tomorrow:
Nadal in four
Cilic in four
Tsonga in none, because Julien will take one look at him and forfeit
Del Potro in three
Clijsters in three (?) -- I hope.
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