(Picture from www.bbc.co.uk/sport)
Well. Was not expecting that at the start of the tournament. All four of the top seeds in the women's game have fallen. Second seed Jelena Jankovic fell to Tamarine Tanasugarn, 3-6, 2-6. Fourth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova fell to Agnieszka Radwanska (POL), 4-6, 61-5-7. Zheng Jie also continued her fantastic run, beating fifteenth seed Agnes Szavay(HUN) 6-3, 6-4. This is how the quarter-finals are looking:
- Zheng Jie (CHN) vs. Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 18th seed
- Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 14th seed vs. Serena Williams (USA) 6th seed
- Elena Dementieva (RUS) 5th seed vs. Nadia Petrova (RUS) 21st seed
- Venus Williams (USA) 7th seed vs Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA)
I'm hoping that Zheng Jie and Tamarine Tanasugarn get through, just because they are the unseeded and have played fantastic tennis throughout.
In the men's game, well. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are still going strong. That was to be expected, even though Rafa beat Mikhail Youzhny after picking up a knee injury. Andy Murray played with determination after Richard Gasquet (FRA) went 2-0 up in sets, beating Gasquet in five sets, 5-7, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2, 6-4. There were some absolutely amazing rallies during that match, I kind of wish I had recorded it. Marat Safin continued his fine form too. The quarter-finals look like this:
- Roger Federer (SUI) 1st seed vs. Mario Ancic (CRO)
- Marat Safin (RUS) vs. Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 31st seed
- Rainer Schuettler (GER) vs. Arnaud Clement (FRA)
- Andy Murray (GBR) 12th seed vs. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 2nd seed
It's looking like a good few days of tennis!
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