Mrs. Bouncy and Mr. Floppy belong in a fairytale. They both sound like characters pulled from a Velveteen Rabbit or Winnie the Pooh cast, but lo and behold, the two names actually belong to Marion Bartoli and Andy Murray, both professional tennis players.

Mrs. Bouncy:
You remember Marion Bartoli, don't you? She was the one-Slam finalist wonder, from the way back year of 2007. She beat Justine Henin . . . and Jelena Jankovic . . . come on, don't you remember?

Well it might be tough to recall Bartoli's name in a year from now the way the French woman has played since Wimbledon. Her quirky two-handed game got her all the way to the finals at the AELTC, but the bounce couldn't quite take her all the way, and now Mrs. Bouncy seems to have taken a downward turn.

'With his all-court tendencies, firing ground strokes and awkward movement, Murray is an unlikely candidate to be a top ten player'

Fairytales usually end in happy-ever-afters, but for Bartoli to find her feet again, she must take one match at a time, forget her horrific summer that followed a dreamy spring, and focus on what she does well, striking the ball. At Wimbledon, she was an unlikely player on an unlikely surface, but now, with the US Open coming up, she's a likely player on a favorable court - but can she deliver?

Mr. Floppy:
Andy Murray always has been a little floppy, hasn't he? His game has its quirks, with its all-court tendencies, firing ground strokes and awkward movement, he's an unlikely candidate to be a Top Ten tennis player, but, as storybooks go, his career has been a Cinderella story thus far.

Coming into the clay court season, Murray was 23-5, with a second career title at San Jose under his belt and two wins over both Roddick and Davydenko. Murray had 'flow' in floppy figured out.