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Meltdown of the Week

Finding Roger Federer Meltdown footage on YouTube is like finding a seat on the Number 4 Lexington Avenue subway at 9:30 in the morning. [Non-New Yorkers, take note: it's rare.] The Greatest of All Time usually deals with blown shots by dragging his middle finger across his forehead and tucking his hair behind his ear. Not this time. This was a semi-final match with Novak Djokovic at the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Florida. Djokovic just broke Fed in the third and deciding set and was up 15-0 when the Greatest of All Time took his eyes off a routine approach shot that could have evened the score. Federer went through lots of racquets when he was playing the junior circuit; wonder if he felt a little wave of nostalgia upon banging this one hard into the court.

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Berdych Ousted by Underachiever Gulbis

Amy Eddings Posted on

Monday, June 25, 2012 at 10:25PM

Ernests Gulbis upsets Tomas Berdych; now he has a reason to party all night. Courtesy AELTC.This is what happens when you practice. You start winning.

That's what unseeded Latvian underachiever Ernests Gulbis learned today in his impressive 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) first-round upset of 6th-seed and 2010 finalist Tomas Berdych on Centre Court.

I think -- and I'm not alone in this -- that Gulbis has what it takes to be really great. I saw him take out James Blake in the bullring at Roland Garros in 2008, en route to the quarterfinals, and I've been a fan ever since. Okay, I admire more than his game. He's dangerously cute. Must be the day-old stubble and the mop of curly hair. He's got this playboy air about him

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