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Andy Roddick fought back deep in the fourth set and dominated the fifth to overcome Fernando Gonzalez and his rowdy Chilean fans in Melbourne.  The biggest point of the match was a Roddick shot at set point that was called out but the review overruled and deemed it good, much to Gonzalez’s dismay, who had let the [...]

The big servers with the big streaks came through on Friday in Australia.    John Isner started strong and finished well in the tiebreakers to beat Gael Monfils in four sets, and Andy Roddick survived a tough four-setter against Feliciano Lopez, placing each in the round of 16. Roddick has been here many times before, but [...]

The possibility of a big American broom sweeping the four biggest Wimbledon trophies is still alive at this advanced semifinal date.  It seems very likely that the Williams sisters will win the women’s doubles, and one of them will take home the singles crown.  The Bryan brothers are favored to win the men’s doubles, but James Blake and Mardy [...]

My good friend and tennis teammate Marc Obertholtzer is at Wimbledon today and sent this update via Blackberry: I am sitting on Murray Hill, with thousands of hopeful Brits, cheering the country hero.  He is down a break in the first, but it is early. It has been a long day so far. Up at [...]

Sooner or later, Wimbledon’s over-hyped roof will close over Centre Court, satisfying TV audiences worldwide with a live, premier match instead of network time-killing with rain delay replays of last year’s matches, most certainly the Nadal-Federer final, since that’s all we’ll see of the Spaniard over the coming fortnight.   It is possible the roof [...]

Rafa is rearing to go all the way.  I think that Radek Stepanek with his all-court game will run into Nadal in the round of 16, and will give him more trouble than most, but I don’t think anyone can beat Rafa this year, not even the Fed.  Having a special logo with his initials [...]