Well, Jack Sock realizes that Andy Roddick still has a ton more experience than he does. Sock started off serving big, holding serve, then having chances to break. But when he didn't break, Roddick started gaining confidence. Basically Sock still has holes in his game. He tries to hit inside out and is aggressive, but
John McEnroe looked at Donald Young and found a lot to like. He had been a number 1 junior. He's a lefty like Mac. He's a junior like Mac. And, he's African American. The women have the Williams sisters. The men, well, they had James Blake, but he peaked for a few years and is
Berlocq has an unusual bit of trivia associated with him. In 2006 at Miami, Berlocq faced Donald Young, who was also playing his first official ATP event (that is, ATP 250 or above). He beat Young love and love. In the second round, he lost to James Blake, love and love. Love had a lot
It's pretty impressive when a guy who is as injured as Juan Carlos Ferrero can come back and play this well. Ferrero will be off for months, come back, and win a tournament, before fading away. Fortunately for him, he's playing well. Gael Monfils was his creative self, diving all over to get miracle shots
Much like Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal won a match that wasn't nearly as clean as it could be, but it's certainly an advantage in the US Open to play someone ranked a bit lower. Golubev is a big hitter, evidenced by nearly 60 unforced errors to Nadal's paltry 16 errors. Golubev broke Nadal's serve six
Today, seeds played quite well, with only one seed, Viktor Troicki, losing. Troicki lost to Alejandro Falla, the player that nearly knocked out Federer. Speaking of Federer, he beat Falla's Colombian compatriot, Santiago Giraldo. Federer lost his serve 3 times, which was a bit sloppy on his part, but at least he broke 7 times
Julien Benneteau has been on the tour for over ten years. In that time, he's never won a tournament. So, for him, winning Winston-Salem was far more likely than going deep in the US Open. Benneteau would have been happy winning the tournament and losing in the first round at the US Open. Ah, but,
In this peculiar point, Robin Haase (pictured on the right) has retrieved a drop shot. However, he leaves it very close to Julien Benneteau (on the left). Haase sticks out his racquet like a shield and happens to block Benneteau's pass for what looks like Haase's point. However, the chair umpire sees Haase's volley is
Julien Benneteau has been on the tour a while. He joined the tour back in 2000, making it his 11th year on tour. His ranking is normally around the top 40. He played a few doubles ties in Davis Cup with Michael Llodra. His ranking has slipped some, and now he's 113. It's so low
The draw was announced a little after noon in New York City. Mostly, this was placing the seeds. In other Slams, they would announce all the players. This made the process quicker. For at least the fourth consecutive Slam, Roger Federer was placed on the same side of the draw as Novak Djokovic. This is
