Your Call, August 9th

Hi everyone.  Pete is currently on vacation until the 14th, so I'll be commanding this ship in the meantime. 

Due to travel commitments, today's 'Your Call' is an abridged version.  I will be heading to Stamford, CT shortly, where I'll be providing live (text) commentary of the Olympics for NBC Sports.  Thankfully, it won't be shown on national television, but it will be streamed live online.  If you're planning on burning the midnight/3 a.m. oils, head here during the coming week and check out my updates.  Fittingly, Steve Tignor will be taking over when the medals are at stake.  As far as authorities on tennis go, Steve's a gold medalist.  I'm still striving for the copper.

You can see today's Olympic schedule here.

As for stateside tennis, Andy Roddick plays Denis Gremelmayr and Juan Martin del Potro plays Mardy Fish in the Los Angeles semifinals.

-- Ed McGrogan

Note: As always, "Your Call" is the daily thread specifically for the purpose of getting together on the cyber-sofa to discuss or call ongoing matches, or hot tennis topics of the day; it's the "Crisis Center" thread for those weeks when there are no Grand Slams, Masters, or Fed or Davis Cup in progress. You can go off-topic here if you like as well. This makes it easier for you to stay on-topic at "premium" posts. For going off-topic, you also have Monday Net Posts and Deuce Club on a regular basis.