Yup.

Aah! One second it's deuce, the next second it says Andy won the game!

Verdasco serving:

Beautiful point construction, used his FH with great depth, and set up a FH DTL winner 15-0

Verdasco has 31 FH winners, Roddick 7

Roddick's return wide 30-0

Verdasco had a short ball, lined it up, and missed his FH 30-15

Verdasco doesn't make the same mistake on this point -- hits a FH for a winner CC 40-15

And then double faults 40-30

And sprays another FH Deuce

Great point by Roddick -- good defense and took full advantage of some tentative shots by Verdasco to hit a FH passing shot winner Ad Roddick

Verdasco with an ace Deuce

Roddick nets a FH and screams in frustration Ad Verdasco

If I were Roddick, I'd hit more toward Verdasco's FH right now. He's not showing a ton of confidence with it.

Roddick great retrieving, and hits a good CC shot to Verdasco's BH. Verdasco had the opening to go DTL, but didn't give himself any margin for error, and hits it just wide. Deuce

Verdasco's FH sails. Horrifically. Ad Roddick

Verdaso's FH has completely broken down. Roddick with a short shot to Verdasco's FH, and I don't even think Verdasco's CC FH landed in the doubles alley. Well wide.

Roddick breaks and will serve for the match.

Fernando most have been getting a bit tight in this game, did some bad misses, Andy to serve for the match then.

And, Nando makes a donation to the Roddick foundation. Misses a couple of fhs to give the break...not so easy to hit those shots under pressure, eh?

And there you have it -- Roddick breaks and will serve for the match 6-5. Knew this would be close.

Tennisesq,
Thanks for adding Dubai to the list of HC. It seems like she can not win an outdoor HC in America.

Big misses from Verdasco back to back give Andy the break.
Roddick to serve for the match.

Davydenko holds at love for 4 all

"she seemed to wake up at just the right time at the end of that set"

good for her... (and for me :-)))

better check how's Lena doing....

AmyLu, you are a hero.

Come on, Andy, you HAVE to hold serve here. Ace, ace, unreturnable, ace!

RAndy breaks - yes!

Now serve it out, 6-5!

Verdasco is definitely in the top five of the ATP Bonehead list.

I would say, "unbelievable," but Verdasco has displayed these meltdowns so many times at crucial stages, this is nothing new.

Gil Reyes is good, but he doesn't handle brain transplants.

oh, Nando :-(((

Lord. Andy's patience has served him well. He waits now to draw errors... it makes up for his lack of dazzling ground strokes (which I find puzzling, actually - why doesn't he hit harder?)

No wonder the greatest asset on

Anyone seen Jon Wertheim's latest tweet?

Todd Martin hashing out details to work with Novak Djokovic
5 minutes ago from web

Hmmm,so bye bye Marian then?Interesting,at least he's taking a step in (hopefully) the right direction,getting someone totally new in...

wow, Verdasco had more aces than Roddick... surprising...

hi all. good afternoon!!
Dang you Venus!! WHY!!! i think i agree with whoever posted that they dont want to root for Venus except at Wimbledon, way too hard to have high hopes and see one of your fav players on a bad day. *sigh* oh well. i hope Kimmie wins the third and deciding set and of course Serena later on.
....Also for night owls like me who have Tennis Channel, they have coverage from 10p until 4 am for Cincy.

Gonzalez holds for 5-4

Andy with 3 MP. Selfishly I was hoping for a TB but these guys didn't disappoint. I expected a very entertaining match and they're giving us just that. I must admit I want to postpone the Rafa frazzle as long as I can :)

Kolya is serving to stay in the set at 4-5
Davai, Russia's #1! :-)

Oh nooooo. Andy let two match points go by.

Vee ran into an in form opponent. She has time to find her form. I was worried about her playing two tournaments in a row. But with this early exit, Toronto sounds like a good idea.

You have got to be kidding me...

You have got to be kidding me...

Verdasco nets a FH. 15-0

And, another bad miss from the FH by Verdasco. Well wide. 30-0

Verdasco hammers a FH for a winner 30-15

Roddick puts away an OH at net 40-15

Mo overrules on a Roddick serve and calls a fault. Roddick peppers Verdasco's FH, but it holds up -- and then gets a chance to hit a BH CC for a winner. 40-30

Roddick breaks a string, and slices a BH which goes wide Deuce

Best point of the match ends with a ripped Verdasco BH passing shot winner Ad Verdasco

And Verdasco hammers a FH return winner

Verdasco breaks, and we're in a tiebreak

Yes!! Verdasco breaks. Excellent stuff.

Now Verdasco with a BP.

MSF, you're too hard on the members of the Armada. My Spanish heritage doesn't appreciate that ;)

Make that Verdasco breaks to give me my TB. He's come through for me twice in this match!

Are you kidding me, Verdasco breaks Randy saving 3 match points. I dont believe it. Oh Andy. What is happening to you.

COME ON!!!!!!!!!!! I told you to break back and you did!!! Now stick around for the Tiebreak this time dang it! Vamos Verdasco!

FortuneCookie,
Martin will just be new part of the team, not replacing Vajda. According to Novak, nobody will ever replace Vajda *eye roll*

Ouch.

Oh, I don't want to see Andy losing a three-set heartbreaker again.

Yay, Nando.
Please don't freeze up in this TB.

excellent stuff from Sauce!

OMG. Nando breaks. Take that! Andy broke a string at 40-30 MP.

Wow Verdasco, great point!!

Verdasco vamonos!!

Come on Randy, ace, ace - that is all you need to do right now - oh man - I wonder if his hip is bothering him

FortuneCookie,
There was something in the works with a newcomer to Novak's camp but the name would not be released for 2 weeks. Thanks for the information.

wow, Verdasco broke back? Nice. TB. Please, Nando, take it.

RAndy is so strong in TBs, though...

Ok I haven't forgotten Gonzo holds
Davy to serve 5-6 to force the TB

VAMOS!

Verdasco's good FH has returned -- he crushes a FH for a winner. 1-0

Verdasco just crushed a FH DTL for a winner, has a mini-break, Roddick still serving, down 0-2

Great serve out wide by Roddick

Verdasco serving at 2-1

LOLz. Nando is playing lights out. What a shot! Andy just needs to ride out the storm...but it's already in the TB.

Roddick with a great paint-the-line fh, Verdasco replies with a super fh dtl on the run. Roddick tosses his racquet,

2-1, Nando on serve.

Hold, Kolya, take it to TB. Davai!

grrrr...no more of thos misses mmmkay Verdasco. Thanks

Bloody fellow missing a make-able fh. 2-all.

Ummm, C'mon Andy...you can't lose to hair gel, I forbid it...

Master Ace: I meant big tourney aka GS, she's majorly sucked in the US and she's continuing her sucking, meh, I'm soooo over it...

why do they call it "lights out"? feel free to respond after the TB! :)

Hmmm,lira vega,methinks that if things don't start looking up soon Vajda *needs* to be replaced,whatever Nole...Clay court season excepted (and Masters Cup),he's never really come out of that slump since he lost to Safin at Wimbly last year!But yeah,he's a whole other issue,back to the matches in hand ;)

Come on Andy!

Come on, Andy. Three all.

And then the bad FH makes an appearance -- Verdasco with a big first serve, gets a short reply, and sends his FH well wide, Cahill says he should go for more margin 2-2

Verdasco serves and pushes Roddick backward during the rally. Wins the point 3-2

Verdasco lines up to hit a FH DTL and nets it. 3-3

Roddick still has one serve

after a costume change, Champagne Kimmie is back on track, she holds to open the 3rd set

Yes! Davydenko holds to force the TB.

I'm loving the coverage on TSN there is very little chatter during points!

federerfan, I think "lights out" is a boxing term...basically, when you knock a guy out you put his lights out. Tennis equivalent would be hitting amazing winners.

"Champagne Kimmie"

why Champagne?

Roddick puts away a short shot with a FH winner, 4-3 Roddick

Roddick badly nets a sliced BH off a somewhat tentative Verdasco FH 4-4

Verdasco hits a FH winner DTL off a good, low slice from Roddick, 5-4 Verdasco

Kolya and Gonzo are in TB. Kolya with mini

Andy should have come in on some of those shots...

thx Pspace!
if its fed vs murray in semis (got a ways to go), who u root for?

I meant, Kolya with mini break, 1-0

MP Andy...C'mon Andy...

Sokol,
Kim's bubbly personality is why the nickname Champagne.

Davy with the minibreak 2 love

Verdasco's return is well long, 5-5

Good, big first serve from Roddick, Verdasco can't hit return on court, 6-5 to Roddick

Which Verdasco will appear down match point?

big serve, big serve, big surprise.
MP Roddick.

I see, MA, thank you...

Yay! Another nice bromance hug at the net. Hurray Andy.

Long rally ends with a Verdasco FH error. Roddick did a good job of throwing in slices and mixing things up. Well done to Roddick.

Very nice exchange at net between the two.

and three more forehand UFEs from Verdasco take him out of the tiebreak and the match.

He keeps his place in the Top Five Boneheads.

Bravo.

Congrats to Andy Roddick and fans. Too bad for Verdasco.
Great exchange at the net.
Very enjoyable match!!

Davydenko is in control of the TB 4-1

And, Randy takes it. Verdasco can't handle the junk...and is afraid to go for any ting. Randy just outwaits him. Well done Andy. Commiserations to Verdasco fans.

Verdasco - gah! You had the minibreak but at least you forced the TB. Congrats to Roddick and fans, you had better win again Nole next match! Well Vamos to the next spaniard on court!

Bloody hell, that was mentally exhausting, willing the scoreboard to say Winner: A. Roddick.

How hard do you have to make it Andy? At 7-5 I was going to say, oh well, Verdasco's good, I'll take it. But now I just feel sort of queasy. Glad he won, but man...

I don't feel nearly as good about playing Djokovic as I did before the tournament started. I would have given Roddick the clear advantage. Now? Probably not.

Oh well. Apologies, Verdasco fans.

Ah, and he wins! TB champ (except for that youknowwhen TB).

Great exchange at the net.

Andy takes it 7-5 in the TB. Poor Sauce, he's so good, but he can't keep his head on straight.

Sorry, commiserations to Verdasco fans!

Congrats to RAndy and fans

sorry, Nando :-((( better luck next time

now, when it's over, anyone has updates for Kolya's TB? My SB is frozen again...

MA, I thought it was because she bought all the fans in Antwerp champagne after playing her last match

Some match between Andy and Sauce!! I'm always torn between these two guys. Congrats Andy and fans ... commies Nando and fans.

Can’t be too unhappy with an Andy win, he deserves some luck after his summer. Was a great ending and from when I started watching in the end of the second set, some really good tennis as well.

Then again, I didn't actually SEE the match, heh, so I really should just keep my mouth shut. I don't know anything.

MSF, that's so uncalled for. Oh whatever, I take it you'd do better facing Roddick.

My first quarterfinal is set (I'm sure everyone had the same picks for this side of the draw) Now big frazzling time!

heartbreaking loss for Verdasco, but happy days for Roddick...great win! he keeps plugging away...he could easily have been flat and dispirited after the tough defeats this summer...but he's back in the trenches

FortuneCookie, think his reasoning is that he needs to be at right place emotionally, mentally or whatever to play his best tennis and Vajda is somebody who understands him, they grew close over the years and not having him on the team is not an option for Nole. I don't particularly like it either...

And I don't like Nando ruining my bracket any more :(

Cincinnati
Pennetta over V Williams 7-6(2),6-4
Hantuchova over Zvonareva 7-6(8),0-6,7-6(5)
Clijsters on serve with Kuznetsova 6-4,4-6,2-1
Wozniacki over Czink 3-0(ret.)
Dementieva leads Cirstea 6-4

Montreal
Djokovic over Youzhny 6-3,6-4
Del Potro over Hanescu 3-6,6-3,6-4
Roddick over Verdasco 7-6(2),4-6,7-6(5)
Murray over Ferrero 6-1,6-3
Davydenko leads Gonzalez 7-6(2)
Petzschner and Nadal next on Central
Federer and Wawrinka on Central at 7 PM
Simon and Tsonga on BN Court at 7 PM

Champagne Kimmy may have something to do with her offering all attendees at one of her matches during her first farewell tour free champagne.

Or, perhaps I dreamt that up.

Only a round of 16 battle at a non-major event, but if Andy had lost this, how much would it have fed an increasing sense of helplessness and why-me disillusionment?

Roddick finally wins an overtime match. Thank goodness.

Both Andy and Sauce won 77% of first serve points. amazing. Sauce with twice as many winners 60-30, and more UFEs, 48-26

How did RAndy grow up so much?!

What patience!

Break a string on a 3rd match point and get taken to a tie-break.

Then patiently bide your time to take out a game Verdasco?

Priceless.

After Wimby2009, I said all RAndy needs to do is do the MORE OF THE SAME - stop losing your cool by line calls, fighting with umpires crap, and now look what we got!

Way to go, RAndy!

Now, go get you some rest, an even bigger threat (Djokovic) awaits tomorrow. You know you can beat, just keep your cool, stick to your game plan, and you'll take him out like you did Nando today.

"Davydenko leads Gonzalez 7-6(2)"

so, Kolya was able to take TB? nice....
thanks, MA, for the update

switching attention to ladies' matches...

just heartbroken. gotta tip my hat to verdasco, who somehow managed to make FH winners from everywhere on the court. incredible, incredible stuff. But all credit to roddick for sticking in there. Gahhh...i was hoping for nando to go through, that FH is a beauty. But could not happen today. Commiserations Nando fans and Congrats Roddick Fans. There is no way novak's gonna be able to win against a guy playing as well as roddick is right now.

Kim 'brickhouse' Clijsters...is looking incredibly fit...she is toned and looks strong and lean

Davydenko takes the first set on the tiebreak.
Nice match this one too. Again totally conflicted and will be happy for either.

Yello Fuzzy,
Is that why he has over 500 wins in his career as he picks up the lunch pail and go back to work?

meanwhile, Lena took the first set. Davai!

Roddick had 30 winners (12 aces). He seems happy talking to Brad.

Would appreciate if anyone could offer opinions on Rafa's state, as it won't be on TV here, and I can't stream. Thank you much! :)

all : is it safe to assume djoker roddick will be on at 1pm tomorrow on ESPN? planning for tennis viewing around a weekend trip with a drive tomorrow evening.

MSF,
That's what I thought too. Kim offered free champagne to people who attended one of her matches in Antwerp. Pete wrote an article on it and I think he came up with the nickname.