"Rafa is the player I've played against the most in my career. We're all aware of his qualities on this surface, which suits him the best,” Djokovic said.
Clay just isn't the surface for Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. He will probably keep the #5 ranking next week, but this result means that he won't clinch until David Ferrer loses.
World No. 3 Rafael Nadal produced a scintillating performance in Friday’s quarter-finals at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome, defeating the in-form Tomas Berdych 6-4, 7-5.
Victoria Azarenka def. Shahar Peer 6-1 6-2
Victoria Azarenka remains #1; Shahar Peer remains below #50.
Oddly enough, after this extremely efficient win, Azarenka pulled out of the event, citing a shoulder injury. Presumably it's precautionary....
R Nadal def. F Mayer 6-1 7-5
This will drop Florian Mayer well below #30. This probably means no Roland Garros seed; he's going to be a spot or two below the cutoff. For Rafael Nadal, this keeps alive his hopes for a return to #2. But the news wasn't all good:
This will drop Florian Mayer well below #30. This probably means no Roland Garros seed; he's going to be a spot or two below the cutoff. For Rafael Nadal, this keeps alive his hopes for a return to #2. But the news wasn't all good...
How much more messed up can Francesca Schiavone get? She is going to remain toward the bottom of the Top Fifteen, and if she can't win on clay, what are the odds that she will do better elsewhere?
Roger Federer started very slowly, being broken in his first service game. That was all it took to settle the first set. He went up an early break in the second, lost it, got it back.
Federer was gambling and tried to blast his way through the former #1 Spaniard, and in the second set was unable to produce his high-risk tennis consistently enough to close it out
Third-seeded Tracy Houk of Half Moon Bay, Calif., playing with fierce determination and tenacity, ousted defending champion Frances Chandler of Jackson, Tenn., 6-4, 6-0
