Andy Roddick is out of Aussie Open...

Nooooooooooooooooooooo!
Dammit. Andy Roddick was my pick to win this year's Australian Open but he lost a heatrbreaking five-set thriller to Philipp Kohlschreiber that ended after 2 a.m. on Saturday. The final score: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (9), 6-7 (3), 8-6.
Andy came into the Open on a hot streak, having led the U.S. team to the Davis Cup title and then winning a warmup exhibition at Kooyong last week. But this loss seems to indicate that the former number one and 2003 U.S Open champion has lost his edge at the game's majors where it once seemed that only Roger Federer had his niumber.
Losses like this only serve as a reminder to the greatness of Federer who has reached the finals of every grand slam event from Wimbledon in 2005 on. If he wins this tournament, he will have 13 major titles, one short of tying the all-time record set by Pete Sampras.


Andy exits the stadium, deflated and defeated: "It's rough. You play a match that long, you come out the wrong end, it doesn't feel good."