Andy Roddick won 85% of his first serve points which he made 73% of the time. Andy also won 65% of his second serve points. While we know Andy Roddick’s serve is solid and Andy’s winner to error ratio was an impressive 50/19, the concern of the Santoro match is Andy’s 41% win rate on return points and 4 for 11 break points converted. Andy will need to step a few feet in vs. Robredo’s serve. Andy’s in the 4th round 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.

James Blake had an equally impressive 77% win ratio on his first serves. James won 68% of his 47 net attacks and converted an impressive 50% of break points while saving 4 of 5 break points. James was mentally tough during the critical points and this will be essential during his match with Tsonga. James over Andreev 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.

Serena Williams won 61% of her 18 net attacks while winning 68% of her first serve points. Her 54% receiving win ratio assured a straight set victory over Shuai Peng 6-1, 6-4.

Mardy Fish will not be advancing getting back to the quarter finals of a major if he continues to lose more than 50% of his net attacks. Is Mardy still coming to net on cross court approach shots? Unfortunately Mardy only made 54% of his first serves and when he did get the first serve in, only won 60% of those points. But we really do not need to review more stats than his 27/45 (-18) winner to error ratio. This is either poor strategy or poor execution. Either way, Mardy is calling the airline.

Amer, on the other hand, won 68% of his net attacks and won 77% of his first serve points. His second serve win percentage dipped to 44% which I credit to Djokovic as that percentage had remained high in the early rounds. The key for Amer is the break down during break points which did occur in the early rounds as well. (1 of 9 vs. Djokovic) As with Mardy, the winner to error ratio hurt with 46/56 (-10) for Amer vs. 30/27 (+3) for Novak.

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