i'm rooting for this guy...

NEW YORK -- There was a time when Robby Ginepri was best known for his girlfriend, actress Minnie Driver.

"Just a little fling, and that's over with, and now I think I'm making my name with tennis," Ginepri said. "So that's what I'm here to do."

When the U.S. Open began, no one was talking about an American man making a serious bid for the title apart from Andy Roddick and perhaps Andre Agassi.

Well, Roddick is gone, and Agassi has made it to the semifinals, where he will play Ginepri, a 22-year-old unseeded upstart.