And speaking of admitting a wrong, we erred when we mentioned a couple of days ago that Andy Roddick was the lone American left in the French Open. Robby Ginepri, as of today, is still in the tournament, in fact, he's made it to the 4th Round, a great feat for the 100th ranked American, and especially for Ginepri, who's never done well in this championship.
.
(robby ginepri at the 2008 french open)
.
But we were correct when we said that Andy Roddick woudn't win the French Open; he went out in straight sets in the very next round to an unheard of qualifier. Some sports commentators are trying to find new ways to describe the extent to which Roddick will go down in sports history as one of the greatest, over-hyped disappointments of all time. One writer called him Andy "Kournikova" Roddick, referring to Anna Kournikova, the Russian tennis star who became famous a decade ago for being blonde and beautiful, but whose tennis career flamed out without ever winning the big matches. So sad.
No comments:
Post a Comment