Sony Ericsson Day 8
Sorry I missed out on posting yesterday, but I actually got to watch a whole lot of tennis yesterday, as well as play some Beach Tennis, loads of fun. It was kids day yesterday as well, so my head was pounding. Some great matches yesterday, capped off by the Canas/Federer match. I guess my prediction was wrong, as Canas took Federer out for a second straight time. Federer had this match won, when he had two break points to go up two breaks in the third set, but ended up falling in a thrilling tiebreaker. The much talked about Sharapova/Serena Williams match turned out to be a dud, as Serena took Sharapova to school 6-1, 6-1 in under an hour. Here are the rest of the results:
Singles
Men
Fourth Round
Andy Murray (12), Britain, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3.
Andy Roddick (3), United States, def. David Ferrer (13), Spain, 7-5, 6-3.
Guillermo Canas, Argentine, def. Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, 7-6 (2), 2-6, 7-6 (5).
Tommy Robredo (6), Spain, def. Radek Stepanek (24), Czech Republic, 7-6 (4), 5-7, 7-6 (3).
Juan Ignacio Chela (23), Argentina, def. Amer Delic, United States, 6-3, 6-2.
Ivan Ljubicic (7), Croatia, def. Jarkko Nieminen (20), Finland, 7-6(4), 6-4.
Novak Djokovic (10), Serbia, def. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, 6-0, 6-3.
Women
Third Round
Serena Williams (13), United States, def. Maria Sharapova (1), Russia, 6-1, 6-1.
Fourth Round
Anna Chakvetadze (9), Russia, def. Li Na (15), China, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.
Doubles
Men
Second Round
Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden, and Max Mirnyi (1), Belarus, def. Frantisek Cermak, and Jaroslav Levinsky, 6-3, 7-6(4)
Martin Damm, Czech Republic, and Leander Paes (6), India, def. Julien Knowle and Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 6-4, 6-7(1), 10-6.
Fabrice Santoro, France, and Nenad Zimonjic (5), Serbia, def. David Skoch, Czech Republic, and Jim Thomas, United States, 7-6(7), 7-6(6).
Bob and Mike Bryan (2), United States, def. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, and Ivan Ljubicic, Croatia, 6-2, 6-2.
Women
Second Round
Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung (8), Taiwan, def. Michaella Krajicek, Netherlands, and Galina Voskoboeva, Russia, 6-3, 4-6, 10-5.
Mara Santangelo, Italy, and Bryanne Stewart, Australia, def. Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, and Rennae Stubbs (4), Australia, 7-6(3), 6-2.
Lisa Raymond, United States, and Samantha Stosur (1), Australia, def. Tathiana Garbin, Italy, and Alicia Molik, Australia, 6-3, 7-5.
Quarterfinals are on tap for today- on the Women’s side we have Shahar Peer vs. Tathiana Garbin and Serena Williams vs. Nicole Vaidisova. For the Men its Roddick vs. Murray and Nadal vs. Djokavic. Im going out on a real limb and picking all the favorites (Peer, Williams, Roddick and Nadal). For updated results and a complete schedule, click here.