The American 6th seed is something else. Watching him brings an amalgamation of frustration and awe as 140 mph serves couple with no hustle. Right now he's playing Hewitt who represents Great Britain's prison state of Australia. Well, guess it's a full fledged country now. Hewitt was the Wimbledon champ before Federer and still has some of his old fire. The score, which is in progress, favors Roddick. He is up 2 sets and they are playing the 4th. They've had 2 tie breakers and each player came away with one.
Anyways, back to frustration. Here I am, rooting for Roddick. Not because he's cool or particularly amazing for anything but his serve, but because he's the last American in the "Gentlemen's" singles. That is, men's singles. The Wimbledon site pompously labels everything. Perhaps it's for some sustenance of class, but I don't know, it's just so damn irritating.
Alright, well it looks like a 5th set might be coming up, but I can only speculate as coverage has digressed, technologically speaking. First the sound, now the picture. So, I'll relive a particular interesting part of the match while I wait.
Roddick was down 40-Love. It looked as though Hewitt was about to snatch an easy point in the otherwise tight match. I, with all of my quiet dignity, yelled profanely and vented my feelings on Roddick's flat-footed approach to a few shots that were mere feet away. Granted they were going close to 100 mph and he had split seconds to react, I know, it's hard. But he's a professional. He should be faster. So, Roddick serves again and we see his signature ace change the score to 15-40. Not a huge difference, but it looks better than 0, right? Well, I yelled "damn right, Roddick, now just do 3 more and get it over with." 4 aces in a row? Possible, yes. Probable? Obviously not. Well, to my amazement he did. So sports fans, when in doubt, yell. I think that's the moral anyways....
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