Two weeks ago Andy Roddick was mired in the muck of a midsummer slump.

Out in 5 against Yen Hsun Lu  (WHO)  in the 4th round at Wimbledon!

Lost to an admiditly resurgent  Mardy Fish in Atlanta in the semis

Out early in Washington to  the Frenchman Simon in straight sets  --an ugly loss!

 He skips the Masters 1000 in Toronto and finds out after some medical tests that he's been playing with  a mild case of Mono!
  
Well--- I guess a week off is plenty of time to recover to play the  Masters - 1000 Event in Cincy this week ---- If your name is Andy Roddick.

Last night Roddick put on a display  that his old coach Brad Gilbert must be very proud of.

After winning the first set against world #5 Robin Soderling ,he ground his way through a second set loss that would have ripped the guts out of a lot of players, but Roddick just dusted himself off and got back to the business of winning the 3rd set and the match.

Being a gamer is what its all about !!

He sometimes gets over stimulated and starts acting like a teenager with a few beers under his belt, but he seems to channel that energy, more often than not, into a positive channel very much like Johnny Mac used to do.

Winning Ugly  is the title of Brad Gilberts-- (Roddicks former coach)-- book and Andy did just that last night!

 YOU GOTTA LOVE THE GUY!  
                                                          Just my opinion, Howie Burnett