Jeff Rosenberg

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Roddick wins first match in Miami

Another big tennis tournament is being played right now in Miami. There should be lots of action this upcoming week with the men's final taking place a week from tomorrow. So far there haven't been any notable upsets, although they've just finished the second round. Andy Roddick played yesterday and had no trouble defeating Diego Junqueira from Argentina, another player of whom I'd never heard. Federer and Djokovic were also victorious yesterday. Murray and Nadal are on the other side of the bracket, but they won their second-round matches, too. Looking ahead, there is a potential Roddick-Federer match lurking in the quarters. Assuming both guys make it that far, it will be a match to watch. Roddick is coming off a strong Indian Wells performance, while Federer is looking vulnerable after his defeat at the hands of Andy Murray. And Murray did not give Nadal nearly as much trouble in the final as Roddick did in the semis.