We're going to have to interrupt tennis blogging a bit to comment on LeBron James, but first, a tennis update ...
Mardy Fish, the No. 5 seed at the Hall of Fame Championships, and Frank Dancevic of Canada just began a first-set tiebreaker on center court. Dancevic served for the set at 6-5 after breaking Fish, but Fish broke right back in the 12th game.
This is the first time this week Fish has been tested. He cruised to straight-set victories in his first two matches, convincingly enough for me to change my tournament pick in his favor. Of course, another contributing factor to that waffling was Sam Querrey's second-round loss.
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Fish just dropped the tiebreaker and the first set. If he can't rally, the only seeded player left in the draw will be No. 4 Olivier Rochus.
For whatever reason, it's not often that the best players win here.
The fit Fish rallied in a big way for a 6-7(6), 6-5, 6-4 win to reach the semifinals here for the first time, after three quarterfinal defeats.
It bears repeating that Fish has lost 30 pounds since he last played here two years ago, because it helped him today. In the third set, Dancevic said the heat started to get to him, while Fish looked fresh.
American teenager Ryan Harrison just took the first set 7-5 from Richard Bloomfield of England, much to the delight of the center court crowd, which gave him quite the ovation.
Fish, who will face the winner of this match tomorrow, said he has no doubt Harrison will be a great player one day. If this tournament is any indication of things to come, he may be on his way.
It's not exactly fair to say Harrison melted down, but he definitely had chances to beat Bloomfield and, when he didn't capitalize, started to let his emotions get the better of him.
Meanwhile, the calm, cool, collected Brit was consistent and prevailed, 5-7, 7-6(3), 7-5. He'll face Mardy Fish tomorrow.
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