June 28, 2002

With all eyes on Tim, will the other Brit sneak through?: Greg Rusedski, the transplanted Canuck, played a near-perfect match today against Andy Roddick and has been quietly going about his business. Now that there are no top seeds in the 4th round on the bottom half, what are the chances for an all-British final? (more. . .)

posted by somethingotherthan to tennis at 12:50 PM - 6 comments

Greg had 91 winners to 6 unforced errors, which is about as perfect as one can play a tennis match. Roddick and Andrei Pavel were the last of the seeds projected to get through to the round of 16, and neither did so. The highest seed left in the bottom of the men's draw is Nicholas Lapentti (#22). There are some other big servers that could threaten Rusedski (Mark Philippoussis, Richard Kraijeck, and Wayne Arthurs are all still left), but I'm starting to wonder if this is Rusedski's year to make a run. He's never gotten past the quaterfinals, but this has been the year of surprises. These guys are slated to meet on Sunday: G. Rusedski (#23) v. X Malisse (#27) M. Philippoussis v. R. Kraijeck D. Nalbandian (#28) v. W. Arthurs N. Lapentti (#22) v. A. Clement

posted by somethingotherthan at 12:56 PM on June 28, 2002

Sorry, that was 91 total points won to 6 unforced errors.

posted by somethingotherthan at 12:57 PM on June 28, 2002

Hah! didn't I say months ago it was the year of the underachiever and advocated putting large sums of money on Rusedski? I said the same about Spain and look where that got me. Moreover, isn't it a game for big girls blouses?

posted by Fat Buddha at 03:00 PM on June 28, 2002

Win tickets for the final and transport yourself back to a gentler age at the same time.

posted by Fat Buddha at 01:08 PM on June 29, 2002

Oh, I'd love to go to the final, but there's this problem of "living across an ocean" to contend with :)

posted by somethingotherthan at 05:38 PM on June 29, 2002

Just wanted to add a very interesting note: This is the first time since 1922 that no American men have advanced to the second week of Wimbledon.

posted by somethingotherthan at 10:06 PM on June 29, 2002

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