It took Andy Roddick almost 4 hours but after 5 long sets he finally defeated 2002 Wimbledon Champion Lleyton Hewitt 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4.  Roddick breathed a sigh of relief when he finished this one.  The last time Roddick reached the final four at Wimbledon was back in 2005.  His 43 aces against Hewitt put him there again.  The contest today was easily one of the most exciting sets thus far in the surge for the Wimbledon Title.  Hewitt refusted to go down without a fight.  These two men worked hard both physically and mentally in their quest to move on in the tournament.  In the end Roddick had just a little more than Hewitt could handle and this battle of formal champions concluded with Roddick moving on and Hewitt moving out.

Needless to say the journey for Andy Roddick will not get any easier.  His next foe is 3rd ranked Andy Murray the British hopeful who put away Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5, 6-3, 6-2 to move on in his search of destiny.  Andy Murray is trying hard to become the first British player to win the Wimbledon Title since way back in 1936.  The battle of Andy and Andy will find a lot of the British fans rooting for their guy but Andy Roddick says he will take it all in stride.  After all he said he would use it too his advantage because when the call out Andy he will pretend they are rooting for him.

Friday #2 seed Roger Federer takes on #24 seed Tommy Haas.  Tommy will have the chance to prevent Roger Federer from winning that record breaking 15th Grand Slam.  He knows it is going to be a long hard road.  Roger defeated #22 seed Ivo Karlovic 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 to move on to face Haas.  Haas proved that rankings mean very little as he defeated #4 seed Novak Djokovic 7-5, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3.  Andy Roddick and Tommy Haas have never gotten this far at Wimbledon before.  They are trying to treasure the moment and maintain their poise as they move on against the big guns.

So we will have an American, Britain, Swiss and German in the final 4 at Wimbledon.  Fans have long predicted and expected the final to be between the Britain Andy Murray and the Swiss Roger Federer.  They are favored.  The American Andy Roddick and the German Tommy Haas will do their best to upset the odds.  These men are exactly where they want to be.  This is what they practice so hard too do.  There is plenty of excetement left before the dust clears and a new Wimbledon Champion is crowned.  Who are you betting on?  Are you sure?  Until we meet again good betting and remember to always be a good sport.