Jeff Rosenberg

Friday, April 02, 2010

Roddick beats Nadal in Miami

The last big hard-court tournament before the clay-court season has been going on this past week in Miami, and just a few hours ago Andy Roddick faced Rafa Nadal in the semis there. Unfortunately, I had no way of watching the match on TV, so I had to settle for following on the internet. Nadal took the first set 6-4, but Roddick came back to win the final two for the victory. Even though Nadal does not seem to be the Nadal of old, this was still an upset. Roddick has been playing some solid tennis, though. He made the final at Indian Wells, losing to Ljubicic in a disappointing contest, and now he's made the final of another masters level tournament. He shouldn't blow this opportunity again. His potential opponents are Robin Soderling and Tomas Berdych, both of whom are solid players but not quite on Roddick's level. Incidentally, Roddick and Soderling just faced each other in the semis at Indian Wells, with Roddick winning in three sets.