FanHouse Tommy Haas

On Monday, Andy Roddick spoke out against the ATP for the lack of a normal tennis offseason. On Tuesday, he retired from the Shanghai Masters with knee pains.

Fast-forward to Thursday, the injury count at Shanghai has grown to seven after just four days of play. The latest additions are Gael Monfils of France and Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland, who retired from their matches earlier today.

The Shanghai injury list includes reigning U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro, Tommy Haas, Jose Acasuso and Mischa Zverev. Not included are Roger Federer (fatigue) and Andy Murray (wrist), who opted out of the tournament before it began to recuperate.

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Apologies from the Samurai.

Tommy Haas got a little ticked off at Sam Querrey's fan club last week in the LA Open, and this has led to some questions about whether some of these fan groups, like James Blake's, are going overboard.

Let's just say that tennis can be a little bland when fans are forced to sit around on their hands. Years ago I was in the stands as a fan at Wimbledon when Michael Chang got a bad line call against a British player. When I yelled "British line judge,'' well, it broke a funeral-like silence and didn't go over well.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) -- Five-time champion Roger Federer delivered a masterful grass-court performance Friday to beat Tommy Haas in straight sets and reach his seventh straight Wimbledon final, putting him within one win of a record 15th Grand Slam title.

Seeming to get stronger with every match, Federer put on a serving clinic and took advantage of his break-point chances to subdue the 31-year-old German 7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-3 in just over two hours.

Federer never faced a break point as he beat Haas for the ninth straight time to reach his record 20th Grand Slam final, pulling out of a tie with Ivan Lendl.

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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) -- Tommy Haas's dream Wimbledon run continued on Wednesday when he unseated fourth seed Novak Djokovic 7-5, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3 in their quarter-final at the All England Club.

The German 24th seed, a first-time quarter-finalist here, broke in game 11 of the opening set and served out to take the lead after 45 minutes.

Djokovic wasted three set points in the second set tiebreak before Haas wrapped it up 8-6 before the Serb mounted a comeback by taking the third.

HALLE, Germany (AP) -- Tommy Haas rallied past Philipp Kohlschreiber 2-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3) in an all-German semifinal Saturday to reach the title match of the Gerry Weber Open.

In Sunday's grass-cout final of this Wimbledon tuneup, Haas will play second-seeded Novak Djokovic or qualifier Olivier Rochus.

Haas trailed 5-2 in the third set before coming back. He will be playing in his first final since winning in Memphis, Tenn., in February 2007.

There was one Frenchmen and one American left at the French Open in Paris as Andy Roddick and Gael Monfils took to the clay Monday night, but Roddick couldn't muster the magic that he'd brought to the early matches at Roland Garros and Monfils couldn't miss.

Monfils, with his quick-footed play and jubilant attitude, never seemed to give Roddick an inch, taking down Andy 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 as light was fading on the beautiful Paris skyline.