Odds, and history, are against the Americans today
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- September
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Combined, there are three American men and women remaining in the singles draws at the U.S. Open: Andy Roddick and James Blake for the men and Lindsay Davenport for the women. But all could be gone soon.
When you analyze the head-to-head matchups for each American and his or her opponent today, the opponent has the edge in two cases.
Davenport is 5-6 all-time vs. Justine Henin-Hardenne, but Henin-Hardenne has won their last six meetings. Davenport last beat the little Belgian in 2002, a lifetime ago in tennis.
Likewise, Roddick is 2-6 all-time vs. Lleyton Hewitt, although they’ve yet to meet in 2006. Of course, Roddick will have 23,000 strong behind him tonight sharing their utter disdain for Hewitt, the “Billy Zabka”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Zabka of men’s tennis.
The only American with decent odds is Blake, who beat Tomas Berdych in their only previous meeting. However, even if he wins, Blake will likely meet world No. 1 Roger Federer, who has won all four of their previous meetings.
So it doesn’t look good. Sorry I had to be the bearer of bad news.
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on Wednesday, September 6th, 2006 at 1:05 pm by Josh Thomson.
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