No Americans Reached the Quarterfinals at Wimbledon

The last time no Americans reached the quarterfinalsSaturday at Wimbledon, but Roddick dropped it, as the
was at the All England Club in 1911, when no U.S.last American men exited the All England Club in
women and only three men were entered in thethird-round play.And even though Agassi was
tournament. The last Grand Slam event when nocompeting in his last Wimbledon, he failed to make the
Americans entered the final eight was the 1976most of a 5-3 lead in the first-set tiebreak against
Australian Open. So basically it has been nearly aworld No. 2 Rafael Nadal, 4 losses in his final
century since history repeats itself, no Americans willWimbledon appearance.Not like anyone is amazed by
play in the Wimbledon quarterfinals.The Americanthe results. After all, the 36-year-old Agassi, who had
absence becomes more discomforting when you aretears in his eyes when he addressed the crowd after
reminded that the United States has won morethe match, has a bad back and to top it all he had to
Wimbledon singles titles by far than any other country,face 16 years younger Nadal, a great tennis player
they have won 83. None of the nine American menranked 2nd; Williams hasn't played much this year
that entered the draw this year even reached thebecause of injuries; and Roddick is going through his
fourth round, Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick losingworst season in quite some time, failing to reach a
to Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray,single final.Ally White is a top senior copy writer on
respectively.Fourteen U.S. women were entered, withsportsbook action for
defending champion and three-time winner VenusFeel free to reprint this article in its entirety on your
Williams upset Saturday by Jelena Jankovic of Serbia.site, make sure to leave all links in place and do not
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