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Whose Career is a bigger disappointment Leinart or Roddick.

Posted by on September 2, 2010 No comments

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Graduating from Southern California, where Leinart won numerous accolades including the Heisman Trophy, Rose Bowl MVP, and Orange Bowl MVP, he was considered a top prospect in the 2006 NFL Draft. Everybody expected Leinart’s college career to carry over to the NFL.
Beating Pete Sampras, Michael Chang(at Roland Garros), and then world #1 Gustavo Kuerton, Roddick established himself as the next great american champion.

These two young, Roddick was 19 in 2001 and Leinart 24 in 2006, potential super stars had the world at their finger tips. Leinart was drafted 10th overall by the Arizona Cardinals, where he sat on the bench for the next 3 years attaining a passing rating of 71.7. After his break out year in 2001, Roddick broke into the top 10, won two titles, and made the quarters finals at the US Open. In 2003 Roddick became the world #1, won 6 titles in 8 finals, and won the US Open. In 2004 Roddick won 4 more titles, hit the worlds fastest recorded serve(155 mph). In 2005 Roddick won 98 consecutive service games before being broken. However, in 2006 Roddick dropped out of the top 10 for the first time in four years; though he did close out the year in the top 10. In 2007 he went undefeated in Davis cup play and helped to win the cup for the United States. 2008 Roddick said about a match with Federer “I came in knowing that nobody has beaten me 12 times in a row“; he had just beaten the World #1. 2009, Roddick finished once again in the top ten, joining Federer as the only player on tour to finish in the top 10 for 8 straight years. He is also the only player besides Federer to win a title every year for the past 9 years. Going 4-1 in Davis cup that year made him the second all time winningest American(31) behind John McEnroe(41).

Though he just lost in the second round of the US Open, Roddick has put a together a 4-0 record against top 10 players, beating current world #1 Nadal(then ranked 4). He has also won 2 titles in 4 finals this year.

To help ESPN I came up with a list of Career Let Downs in athletics.

US Open – US Men’s Tennis Player Predictions

Posted by on August 24, 2010 No comments
Roddick – Quarters loses to somebody he should beat
Querrey – 1st round (Withdrawls from doubles)
Isner   – 3rd round( plays 15 sets 8 end in tie breakers)
Fish    - Quarters with ZOMG WTF wins
Genpri  - Round of 4th round Loss
Blake   – Wild Carded in, loses to qualifier first round
Dent    - 1st/ 2nd round loss
D Young – Loses in Qualies

0-5 against Fish?Based off current US Open Series results and passed Grand Slam Performance I’ve come up with how the top American Men’s Tennis players will do in the upcoming 2010 US Open.

Andy Roddick – The perennial top 10 finisher and number 1 American started off the year with a bang.  Finished the clay court season with his best winning percentage(66%).   But how will he perform?  Will this be the year he gets the crown again?  The first American Male Singles player to win a Grand Slam Title?  Is he going to repeat 2003?  No, Roddick will do well and reach the Quarters or the Semi Finals where he’ll lose to Federer/Nadal or one of the young and up coming players like Cilic, Berdych, or Fish?

Sam Querrey – America’s hopeful youngster, will he have his break through grand slam?  Sam has captured four titles this year, one on each surface. But Sam has performed poorly in top level events, losing first round in France and Australia. What should we expect from Sam in singles and what about Quisner you may ask? The big serving doubles team that has fared well against top competition, injury and withdrawals being their biggest opponent.  Expect Sam to lose in the first two round in singles and withdrawl from doubles.

John Isner – The last great college player?  John captured the heart of the american tennis fan at Wimbledon with his record setting 11 hour match.  He has always performed well at any level of play,  winning 1 title in 4 finals this year. What to expect from him?  Expect him to get to the 3rd or 4th round unless he is injured.

Mardy Fish – Who new 10 years after turning pro is when Mardy would turn on his game face.  Look for Mardy to goto the quarter finals, unless a bad draw hampers his progression.

James Blake – Lets be honest here, his career is over.  Blake will lose first round to a qualifier.

Taylor Dent – What Taylor Dent lacks in ground strokes and returns he more than sorta makes up for it with his serve and volley.  One of the true serve and volleyers left on the tour expect Dent to hit alot of aces and leave early.

Donald Young – Is this going to be the year that Donald lives up to his hype?  NO! Expect Donald to win a couple of rounds and then lose before the main draw starts.