Results Roundup: Atlanta Tennis Championships

Singles, Second Round

Roddick defeats Ram 61 76 63

Isner defeats Muller 46 76 76

Fish defeats Ginepri 61 75

Malisse defeats Marchenko 63 63

Anderson defeats Young 75 63

Dent defeats Zeballos 46 62 60

Russell defeats Schuettler 16 62 75

Lacko defeats Hewitt 64 62

So, looks like my semifinals prediction has been ruined with the loss of Lleyton Hewitt. I'm surprised he went down so easily to Lukas Lacko--the young player from Slovakia ranked 76th in the world--although I guess you can't really expect too much from Lleyton these days. Isner, Roddick and Fish are still in the mix though so it will be interesting to see which players can get through to the finals.

Dancevic Back From Injury, Then Cuts Himself on Scoreboard

A few years ago I was really into Frank Dancevic--the first Canadian player to come along in quite some time who actually seemed like he might break into the top 30. Dubbed by some as "the poor man's Federer" (and really, is that such a bad thing to be?), Dancevic reached his highest singles ranking in September 2007 as number 65 in the world.

The biggest win of his career, and the point where people really began to notice him, was when he beat Andy Roddick in the semifinals of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships in 2007. Dancevic went on to back this win up at the Rogers Cup when he beat Del Potro and Verdasco on the way to a quarter final match with Nadal. Dancevic was able to take a set off Nadal (not an easy thing to do), but was unable to beat the world number 2 and he lost the match.

Atlanta Tennis Championships Early Predictions

Obviously you've got to go with Andy Roddick as the favourite here, but there are a few other good players in the draw who have a chance at the title as well, including Lleyton Hewitt and John Isner.

Based on the draw here are my early predictions:

Quarters: Roddick vs. Malisse, Blake vs. Fish, Tipsarevic vs. Hewitt, Schuettler vs. Isner

Semis: Roddick vs. Fish, Hewitt vs. Isner

Finals: Roddick vs. Hewitt

Winner: Roddick

I would actually love to see a Roddick vs. Hewitt final. When these two play I always feel like it's 2003 again.

Andy Roddick Will Play in Atlanta

Awesome news for the tournament. I'm excited to see Roddick back in action, and I really think he's going to be one of the best players leading into the US Open.