Hey Tennis Friends!
It’s an unbelievable line-up today at the Western & Southern Financial Group masters in Cincinnati. Wednesday’s schedule features the top four players in the World in action on Center Court, while the day session on Grandstand includes an American in every match.
As a bonus, only on the website, here is the transcription of the Q&A between John Isner and me at yesterday’s press conference:
MARCUS TENNIS: Your success at Wimbledon obviously brought you international fame, but, speaking just from tennis fans in America, now that Andy Roddick has dropped a little out of the top 10, do you feel a lot of pressure on yourself, that a lot of the people are looking at you and Sam Querrey as the next guys to make it into the top 10 for the U.S.?
JOHN ISNER: No, I don’t think so. I think it’s only a matter of time before Andy gets back in there. Because really from this point on last year he didn’t play much. He didn’t do that well to the Open for his standards, and after that he was hurt.
So he can only go up from here. So I think without a doubt, assuming he stays healthy, he’s gonna be back in the top 10 at year’s end. Most likely, he has the best chance to be the highest ranked American at the end of the year.
But I don’t feel any pressure. If I don’t get to the top 10, I’m only letting myself down really. That’s the way I look at it. It is what it is. I’m just gonna go out there and play and try to win.
The final scores for the matches I mentioned are:
Mardy Fish d. Fernando 7-6(1), 7-6(4)
Nikolay Davydenko d. Robby Genepri 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-2
Roger Federer d. Denis Istomin 5-2 (retired)
Frantisek Cermak / Michal Mertinak
d. Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonic 7-5, 6-2
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– Marcus Tennis
