Quote For The Day

"Fourth Quarter: Roger Federer may not have it easy to start. He could get Igor Andreev, who had him on the ropes at the U.S. Open last year, in his opener, and then perhaps James Blake, who made an unexpected surge last week in reaching the Estoril final. On the other side are Roddick, Haas, Gulbis, and Davydenko. Why do I like Roddick’s chances, despite the fact that he’s coming off his honeymoon? He’ll already have nothing to lose on clay; now he’ll have even less than nothing. And despite most evidence to the contrary, he isn’t that bad on this stuff. Semifinalist: Roddick"--Steve Tignor

Today, if Roddick gets past Tommy Haas, who has made Andy is pigeon on clay, I'll be shocked. And while I don't think Andy is terrible on clay (he's been to the semifinals in Rome twice and won several titles on red clay, including one in Austria over Davydenko back in 2003), I still consider this prediction humor.