There has been some heartbreak (John Isner lost to Marin Cilic 12-10 in the fifth set) but also plenty of hope for Americans as Wimbledon heads into its second week. Parsa recaps the first six days for the U.S. contingent while also taking a look ahead.

The Special Ks

Kudla. Grass. Fight—three words that all relate very well with each other. Denis Kudla, 22, has enjoyed a fantastic grass-court season as he reached the final of a Challenger, won his fifth career Challenger title the following week, and is now into the fourth round at Wimbledon.

Kudla, the last American man left in the draw, had never advanced past the second round of any previous major, but he now finds himself as one of the two unseeded men into the second week at the All-England Club. The wild card came back from a two-set deficit in his opening match to…