Will Hewitt get his big break this Sunday? Oh Tsar-fin, torture him please!

ARGH~! Why Roddick why!?

Damn...before I carry on commenting let me complain about Roddick's performance today. Apart from playing well in the first 2 sets or so, Roddick was committing a hell load of unforced errors all the way. What's up with so many forehands heading into the net or beyond the line man?

IMO Roddick wasn't wanting the match hard enough.

Yes it's true that he looks calmer than before, and I've hardly seen him perform racket abuse of which even Federer is guilty of yesterday. BUT I'd rather he let his emotions take him over and chase every ball down like a mad dog! Not watch them pass him by damn it!

I applaud Roddick's judicious use of slice backhands early on, but it seems to me he needs to keep working on the other aspects of his game. Most of all he needs to keep his forehand consistent and be able to engage in long rallies without taking needless risks. Many a times he sent a booming forehand into the net. And THAT is exactly what Hewitt wanted!

Hewitt seemed to be just hanging on as he waited for Roddick to sap his own energy. Then when Roddick was obviously tired, Hewitt nailed the chances and started taking Roddick apart point by point.

Sad fact is Roddick couldn't maintain his break points over Hewitt and sort of surrendered them to Hewitt with his barrage of unforced errors. The moment they entered tiebreakers, that was it.

I think one of the little highlights for Roddick was when he served FOUR consecutive aces in the 2nd set, 2nd game. Crazy stuff...

Well anyway I must admit I'm not really in the mood to continue this post after such a result. I'm still looking forward to the finals though, Safin's looking great this year :D

Oh and Roddick, if you ever read this unknown blog, I just have to say one thing, I support you, but you really deserved that loss to a certain extent. Please fight harder! We'll support harder too!