Suspended Because of Rain

I'm not even going to say the "roof" word.

More rain in New York has delayed the matches.

The second rain delay of the day and the longest of the Open so far sent fans scrambling for cover and the match between Maria Sharapova and Marion Bartoli was suspended and postponed until Wednesday. That's great news for Sharapova, who was being blitzed out of the open by Bartoli. The Frenchwoman, was on her game and led 4-0 when the rains came.

The rest of the singles matches were simply delayed or postponed and they will try to be back in action during the day session on Wednesday.

BB&T Atlanta Open Entry List Revealed

This initial entry list came out on June 6.

No real surprises here for the newly named event that will be taking place at a new location on the property of Atlantic Station in the city of Atlanta.

With a date sandwiched between Wimbledon and the Olympics this year, the BB&T Atlanta Open has a fairly strong field for an ATP 250 tournament.

Here's the list:

1 Fish, Mardy USA 10
2 Isner, John USA 11
3 Nishikori, Kei JPN 18
4 Roddick, Andy USA 30
5 Anderson, Kevin RSA 34
6 Istomin, Denis UZB 43
7 Bogomolov Jr., Alex RUS 46
8 Young, Donald USA 51
9 Muller, Gilles LUX 54
10 Harrison, Ryan USA 56
11 Soeda, Go JPN 58
12 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 60
13 Mayer, Leonardo ARG 62
14 Lacko, Lukas SVK 64
15 Ito, Tatsuma JPN 68
16 Ebden, Matthew AUS 76
17 Malisse, Xavier BEL 77
18 Devvarman, Somdev IND @85
19 Lorenzi, Paolo ITA 86
20 (SE)
21 (SE)
22 (Q)
23 (Q)
24 (Q)
25 (Q)
26 (WC) Sock, Jack USA
27 (WC)
28 (WC)

The Mardy Fish entry is going to be interesting, especially if he isn't able to play on grass.

Jack Sock hasn't played in months with an injury and two other wildcard spot are still open.  I expect to see Brian Baker here if he wants to play.

The dates are July 14-22.  Get your tickets.

U.S. Open Match to Watch: Day 12

A couple nice men's matches to play on Friday.

Here's a match I've been waiting to see for a while.  Nadal vs. Roddick on a hard court. 

These two haven't played since they played twice in 2010.  Nadal won a three setter at the World Finals and Roddick won a three setter at Key Biscayne.  If Roddick has a chance to beat Rafa these days, it's on  hard court at the U.S. Open.

Will it happen?  It's too close to call.  Most of the experts will be on the side of Nadal, but I like Roddick a little.  It's really too hard to pick, but it's a match we can sit back and enjoy.

The Isner/Murray match is also interesting, but Murray is playing too well.

Day 7: Australian Open Match of the Day

A night match in Australia, Andy Roddick an Stanislas Wawrinka.

These two will be playing for the right to play Roger Federer in the quarters.  Wawrinka may be playing better at the moment, but Roddick has a much more impressive resume and a better record in Grand Slam tournament. 

The two have played three times, with Stan holding a 2-1 advantage.  The interesting fact is in the two victories by Wawrinka, Roddick had to retire in each match with injury.  The only time they played a complete match was in 2009 when in a Davis Cup tie, Roddick beat Wawrinka 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.

Look for the competitive juices to be flowing in this one.  Roddick will have to serve big, and Wawrinka will have to return well.

Look for a tight 4-setter with Roddick winning a tie-breaker in the 4th to take the match. 

Roddick in 4.

*Upset alert -  Nicolas Almagro is playing well and he plays Novak Djokovic.  Its an afternoon match on Hisense and it wouldn't surprise me in the least if Almagro takes it 5 sets and wins.

ATP Match of the Week: Roddick vs. Federer

A big semi in Basel on Saturday with Roddick and Federer.  With Federer leading 19-2 in head-to-head matches, can this be called a rivalry?

I think so, every time they two meet you have to throw out that record.  Even though Roger has 19 in the win column, these two will forever be linked.  They are close in age, turned pro about the same time and have played some great matches including the 2009 Wimbledon final that we all know Fed won 16-14 in the 5th.

Believe it or not, but these two haven't met since that final at SW19.  In Roddick's favor on Saturday is he appears fresh and in good form.  They also have gone the distance in their last 5 encounters whether it be 3 or 5 sets.  Andy's last win was in 2008 at Miami.

Federer is playing at home in Switzerland and has eased into the semis.

With the recent news that Roddick's IQ is 133 ( The Wechsler Intelligence Scale classifies an IQ Score of 133 as very superior intelligence. If you scored 133 on an IQ test, congratulations, you scored better than 98.6% of the general population) I like him to pull out a 3-setter tomorrow. 

So it will end up to be a good weekend for the #1 ranked American.  He'll notch his 3rd career win over the greatest player of all-time, and we now know he's smarter than 98.6% of the population.

Go Andy.  And notice I didn't mention your wife has an IQ 3 points higher than you at 136.