At 31 years old Haas, has been doing some amazing things. Taking Federer, to five sets in the French, beating Djokovic in Halle and then again in Wimbledon to set up a semi-final match with Federer. While, I don't think Haas will win this match, I would say that his chances of upsetting the Wimbledon king are better than anyone Federer has faced so far. It's been 7 years since He's beaten Roger but within that time, Tommy, was able to push Federer, to five sets twice and took a set off him in Halle. It would take everything Haas has and Federer would have to be off his game but there is a small possibility of an upset.
the other Wimbledon semi-final is going to be a "battle of the Andy's". Murray, owns their head-to-head 6-1 and most of those wins weren't particularly close. Roddick has been playing well but not good enough to beat Andy Murray. I'm going to go with Roger to face Andy Murray in the finals. By the way, I hope you saw the quarter-final match between Hewitt and Roddick, it was definitely worth watching. The match lasted five sets and it was a great showdown between two tennis veterans.
It's unusual for me to cover women's tennis but there's something that's been bothering me and that's Serena and Venus's total domination of this tournament. Sharapova, Ivanovic, Safina, and even Henin (back when she played) were completely dominated by one or both of these sisters. When the #1 player in the world is nearly double baggled by the #3 that should be a sign that there's something severely wrong with the tour. With the WTA, it seems like everyone gets a turn at being #1. A year ago, Ivanovic was the #1 player in the world, then she lost early in Wimbledon and was replaced by Jelena Jankovic, who at the time had never even been beyond the semis of a slam. I feel that the Williams sisters deserve to be #1 and #2 but what annoys me is that there isn't anyone around to really challenge them. Jankovic, is one of the few players able to stand her ground against the Williams and she hasn't even won a major. It's too bad that Justine Henin retired from pro tennis. If she came back, she might even be able to regain the #1 ranking.
I'll be back here on Friday with a recap of the Men's semi-final matches.
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