Good tennis Gov'ner
It's the fourth round of Wimbledon today, which means things are starting to get serious.
If you don't think you'll be around this Saturday to watch the women's final, you could probably do just as well to watch Lindsay Davenport vs. Kim Clisters today. Both players are the type of heavy hitters who do well on the slick grass at Wimbledon and both are playing at peak levels right now. Why are they meeting in the fourth round? Because several injuries have dropped Klisters down to the No. 15 seed.
A oouple of years ago, Greensboro's own Jon Isner was beaten fairly easily in the first round of the U.S. Open junior tournament, by a player named Richard Gasquet, of France. That loss was hardly anything to be ashamed of though, as Gasquet has certainly proven since then. Today, he's playing in the fourth round against the Argentine Armenian, David Nalbandian. Gasquet is seeded No. 27 and is one of a handful of teenagers who are forming a promising next generation of tennis players.
The other match to watch today will be Aussie Lleyton Hewitt - Clister's former boyfriend - against American Taylor Dent. Dent, formerly most famous for playing little Jaden Agassi in a humorous Genworth Financial ad, has played some top-notch serve-and-volley tennis so far. And he actually beat Hewitt, the No. 3 seed, the last time the two met.