US OPEN DAY 2


Happy Birthday, Andy! Playing on his 23rd birthday Tuesday night, World #3 Andy Roddick lost to World #68 Gilles Muller of Luxemborg 7-6(4), 7-6(8),7-6(1). This has started something of a whispering campaign doubting the tennis abilities of the American #1 male player. I have never been a Roddick fan. He has always been too one-dimensional to me (huge serve and huge forehand and that's it!) but I disagree with people who say that he's a "one-slam wonder." Muller is 6'5" and is a talented player who made it to the final of an ATP event just a few weeks ago, losing to Agassi in two close sets.

World #1 Lindsay Davenport started off slowly against World #40 Na Li of China, but eventually won 6-4,6-4 in a surprisingly tough first round match.

James Blake had a great first round win versus Greg Rusedski of Great Britain, while the very young Gael Monfils lost a controversial match against another 18-year old, Novak Djokovic from Serbia-Montenegro.