The dog days of summer tennis are upon as the top players are all enjoying some time off leaving us fans with little chew on.

“I always knew that I could play really, really good tennis when I’m on top of my game,” said Soderling.

Sean Randall breaks down the men’s French Open draw.

Sean Randalls breaks downt the Madrid quarterfinals which features Roger Federer meeting Andy Roddick for a 20th time.

Montanes swept through the deciding set in 35 minutes as Blake ran out of gas and nerve after failing to win the second-set tiebreak, with the American dropping to 0-2 career in finals on dirt.

Sean Randall breaks down the

“I don’t think I’ve played that well since San Jose (February),” Blake said. “I really felt like my old self out there, it’s the first time in a long time. Even if I don’t win another match here I’ll still feel good about my clay game. But I’m not ready to stop, I would really like to win this tournament.”

Sean Randall cracks open the 2009 Rome Tennis Masters Draw.

World No. 1 Rafael Nadal returns to the site where he last lost on clay, Rome’s Foro Italico.

“It’s a secret,” said Davydenko of his game plan against the Spaniard. “I’m not going to tell the press, because tomorrow you’ll print it and then Rafa will read it and know all the secrets.”