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The pictures say it all. What an eeyore of a day. At least he's still in doubles?

upsets galore in beijing

Yen-Hsun Lu beat sixth seed Andy Murray 7-6, 6-4.
Zheng Jie beat 11th seed Agnes Szavay 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.

Another Chinese player, Li Na, beat third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova.

The forgotten Serb Janko Tipsarevic beat David Ferrer 7-6, 6-2.

The Chinese are on a roll! What home court advantage (and having a billion chinese fans cheering) can do for you!

damn you, ivo karlovic

His loss is hard enough to stomach. Must they really publish such depressing photos? WOE TO ME! ANOTHER EEYORE OF A DAY!

woe to me

THIS is not unexpected. (Newly engaged Andy Roddick, seeded sixth, was upset by Marin Clinic 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in the Rogers Masters. Too bad his supermodel, underage fiance cannot participate in post-match alcoholic numbing.)

THIS is unexpected. :( What an eeyore of a day. Roger Federer was defeated by Gilles Simon in three sets. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

What TMF (the mighty federer for you tennis neophytes) had to say about his loss:

-"Missed opportunities, I guess. One of those matches maybe I think I should have never lost, you know."

-Question: To some extent, do you agree with Justine Henin's decision to retire at the peak of her career?
ROGER FEDERER: Do I agree with that? Not today. Ask me another day. Please don't kill me with questions like this.

a casualty in the second round

I love her clean strokes and amazing drop shots, but unfortunately, my favorite female tennis star lost in the second round of the East West Bank Classic to Belarus's Olga Govortsova 6-2, 6-4. I went to the tournament last year and watched Daniela retire against Elena Dementieva, the then-defending champion. Perhaps, this is just not her tournament. Daniela, who is still recovering from a stress fracture in her right heel, commented that her game is "not there yet. I just have to be patient, keep practicing, and keep working hard. It's a long way back." To quote the quite quotable line from the war melodrama Atonement, "COMME BAAAAAAACK TO MEEEEEE!"


In the meantime, here are some pictures from the modelesque Ms. Hantuchova's feature in Tennis Italian.