Mr. Simon, what are you doing to our Americans in Madrid?

Indianapolis Tennis Championship winner, Gilles Simon, just beat one of our favorite sons, James Blake, in Madrid, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.  Simon is 12th in the world now (I think he was about #18 when he played in Indy) and took care of the ninth seed, Blake in the second round.

Gilles now faces another Indy Champion, Robby Ginepri in the third round.  I'm certainly in a quandry over who to root for in this tennis matchup.  Both are past champions in Indianapolis and both are great guys.  If I asked either one to sign an autograph for a fan, they would do it.  If I asked either one to take a break from training and shake a sponsors hand, they would do it.  Great guys and great champions.  Men's professional tennis need more players like Simon and Ginepri.

So, I'm going to go out on a limb and not choose.  Both are playing great tennis and the best man (on Thursday) will win!