Jeff Rosenberg

Friday, June 26, 2009

Roddick through to third round

There was plenty of action going on at Wimbledon this week. The men's second-round matches finished up yesterday, and Andy Roddick and Andy Murray were among the winners. Juan Martin del Potro was a surprising loser to Lleyton Hewitt, but I guess I shouldn't really be surprised since his history on grass courts is unimpressive. Roddick played a Russian named Igor Kunitsyn and had a relatively easy time, though he did drop a set. Next up is Jurgen Melzer, whom he's scheduled to play tomorrow. Today's matches were on the bottom half of the draw, and both Federer and Djokovic advanced to the fourth round. Federer beat Philipp Kohlschreiber, and Djokovic had an excellent performance against Mardy Fish, winning in straight sets. Sunday is an off day at Wimbledon, so I think all of the fourth round matches will be played on Monday.