Game Point: Ten years later, Roddick and Federer meet in Basel

November 4, 2011   ·   0 Comments

Game Point: Ten years later, Roddick and Federer meet in Basel

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Love – For the seventh time this year, Novak Djokovic came back to win after dropping the first set of a match. In the Basel quarterfinals, the world No. 1 defeated Marcos Baghdatis 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 to qualify for his 13th-straight semifinal. He’ll face Japan’s Kei Nishikori in his semifinal.

15 — Ten years ago, Andy Roddick and Roger Federer met in a Basel quarterfinal. Friday night, they’ll do the same, facing off for a berth in the semifinals against Stanislas Wawrinka. Federer is a staggering 20-2 lifetime against Roddick and 3-0 in Basel. [Update: Federer defeated Roddick 6-3, 6-2.]

30 — Steve Tignor posts a “lost chapter” of his Martina Navratilova book, “High Strung,” on Tennis.com. Go read the whole thing.

40 – The United States will get Switzerland indoors on clay in their 2012 Davis Cup first-round tie. Federer has yet to say whether he’ll play. If he does, it would be the first time he’d play a first-round series since 2004.

Game — Tweet of the day: Serena Williams gives her thoughts about the week’s pressing topic, Kim Kardashian’s divorce:

The only way Kardashian’s press can get worse is if she says Kris Humphries was unattractive inside.

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