Future Tennis Stars

Well, the US Open had it’s first big upset and got less interesting in the process. Tatiana Golovin was upset Monday night 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 by Ahsha Rolle. Things looked bright when Golovin rolled in the second set but it fell apart in the third.

It gets worse for Golovin, she was a quarterfinalist last year and will drop in the rankings when her points from 2006 fall off. Golovin was projected to meet Dinara Safina in the third round in what would have been a highly entertaining match. After Tatiana reached the semis in Toronto and had Mats Wilander as her coach, she had high expectations placed on her for this year. Hopefully she will bounce back and finish the year on a strong note.

Since his exciting match and loss to Andre Agassi, Marcos Baghdatis won over a ton of fans last year and a lot of people were looking forward to Baghdatis doing well this year. Well that hope is over after Max Mirnyi upset everyone’s favourite Cypriot 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6).

On a bright note, Donald Young beat Chris Guccione 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 6-2, 6-3.  Richard Gasquet rolled over Sergio Roitman 7-5, 6-1, 6-2. R-Fed is up 5-2 on Scoville Jenkins. You really have to feel for Jenkins after having to face Andy Roddick (2004 1st round), Rafael Nadal (2005 2nd round) and now Roger Federer, this guy just can’t get a break.