Tips Are Not Only Welcome, They Are Encouraged

Six months ago, I watched and live-blogged a terrific tennis match between Roger Federer and Janko Tipsarevic. Though my rooting interest was on the side of Federer, the eventual winner, I couldn't help but be impressed by the fire and ability of Tipsarevic, the 24-year-old Serbian who pushed the world's number one player to the limit before falling in a fifth set tiebreak.

This afternoon, I sat down to watch Wimbledon coverage as Tips was taking a two sets to one lead in his match against Andy Roddick. About an hour later, he finished off the American, who I felt kind of bad about not cheering for, in a fourth set tiebreak.

Tips will face #25 Dmitry Tursunov of Russia in his next match, with the winner advancing to the fourth round. It's hard to say how far he'll end up going - there aren't many seeded players remaining in his portion of the bracket - but it should be fun to watch, especially if he reaches the semifinal and has to go through Nadal for a rematch with Federer. THAT might call for a live-blog, people.