Even though Andy Murray is from Scotland, he still is a representative of the United Kingdom and therefore gets my juices flowing red, white, and blue with Patriotic pride.

Andy Roddick took out Murray in the Wimbledon semi-finals Friday, the day before America celebrates it's Independence from England. The unique thing about the match is that England rarely has a representative in what is considered the most coveted tennis champiosnhip of them all. Murray had an entire nation behind him with hopes of becoming the first UK representative to win Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936.

Many Americans have won Wimbledon in the past, but Roddick's win at a time where the U.S. doesn't have the talent pool in tennis as it has had in the past made me proud.

Most of all, I wish I could have