Plaza de toros, Las Ventas, Madrid

The acoustics are astounding; they say when there's a bullfight, you can hear the bull groaning and moaning in even the last row. This weekend, you'll hear the powerful grunting by the matador Rafael Nadal as he and his compatriots aim to demolish the Americans on the red dirt. Yesterday Spain won both rubbers: Rafa over Sam Querrey 67 64 63 64 and then Andy Roddick, in typical fashion, blew it in the 5th for David "Ferru" Ferrer to take it 76 26 16 64 86. However Mardy Fish and Mike Bryan rescued the US today defeating tennis's best looking, Nando Verdasco and Feli Lopez 46 64 63 46 64! Tomorrow ARod must beat Rafa and Sam Querrey must be Ferru. Hmmm...I'm nervous for the Americans.