With a set in hand, serving 5-4 against Andy Roddick, Ernests Gulbis finally flinched. Gulbis never saw another lead again the rest of the match.

“No, I was so pissed off that I didn’t think about anything,” Davenport said.

“It was a tough match,” Murray said. “[Llodra] moves really good up at the net, doesn’t give you a lot of rhythm. There’s very few guys that play that well up at the net.”

I really am starting to love women’s tennis, it’s such a mess!

“I felt good, that’s the best I’ve played in four or five months,” Roddick said. “Something about this place always gets me energized and the fans are great and I’m just happy to be healthy.”

“I think it was a good match to start off with,” Federer said. “Never saw my opponent before. Never saw him play obviously because I never saw him. That was the tricky part. I thought the other guy played good for the pressure he was under.”

Elite tennis players have used a variety of stroke mechanics and tactics to succeed. Therefore, different physiques have been seen frequenting the winner’s circle in tennis. Boris Becker, Gustavo Kuerten, Jimmy Connors and Andre Agassi did not have similar body types, but each won a lot of big matches.

There’s an age-old saying in the financial markets that the “trend is your friend.”

The final major of the 2008 tennis season is upon and the US Open has never been so wide open in both the men’s and women’s field.

The US Open men’s bracket is out, and looking over the draw things look promising for the “big three”, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.