Queue the 'U-S-A!' Chants: Blake Beats Federer
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Lost amongst the hype of swimming and gymnastics is a real sport -- tennis -- which has received little-to-no coverage. Granted, the Olympics don’t seem to matter much to the players themselves (Roddick opted to play in the U.S. Open series instead of Beijing), but anytime Roger Federer loses to an American, well, that’s gonna be kind of a big deal. And that’s exactly what ...
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Down Goes Federer … And Serena … And Venus
Published 8/14/2008 by ryan at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... . Weird. Also, in terms of actual competition, there have been a slew of tennis upsets today. For starters, Harvard-trained James Blake beat Roger Federer . Via THE SPORTING BLOG : For Blake, it’s a nice win for a guy who’d previously taken one set total against Federer in eight matches. It also means that the Americans still have one hope left for Olympic gold in tennis — all other U.S. men were previously eliminated. For Federer, this is another loss in a string of disappointing performances this season. If he doesn’t manage to win the U.S. Open next month, 2008 will end ...