Tennis: Upset bug hits Wimbledon, Roddick and Sharapova ousted in second round

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The giants are falling like the infamous London rains at Wimbledon this year.

A day after third seed Novak Djokovic was unceremoniously booted from the tourney by a resurgent Marat Safin, fourth seeded Andy Roddick and third seeded Maria Sharapova were kicked to the curb by lesser known foes in their second round encounters.

A-Rod battled another Serb, Janko Tipsarevic, who almost knocked Roger Federer out of the Australian Open during a 5-set tussle in January. But Tipsy made good this time outplaying the American and taking his opportunites in a 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (4) win. He'll next face Russian Dmitry Tursunov in the third round.

Apparently Sharapova was short of luck today facing compatriot Alla Kudryavtseva, losing 6-2, 6-4 in 84 minutes. The Russian fashionista's serving woes from last month's French Open continued to haunt her game, hitting 8 double faults in the match and bringing her total in her two matches to 11 - not gonna cut it at this level. It was Sharapova's earliest loss at the grass-court major.

Who'll be the next giant to fall? Stay tuned...

Source: Down the Line!

Originally posted by Rich Rodriguez

Comments

[Kevin]

Oh how the mighty are falling!