In a match lasting nearly 3 hours, Murray won the first set 7-6 (9-7 in the tiebreak), but then got broken twice early on in the second set, and much like his Monfils match, Murray let that set go. The announcers predicted that Murray would try to rebound in the third set and at least
For some reason, Robin Soderling's power groundstrokes seem more intimidating on clay than on hardcourts. The last time Soderling played Roddick was this year, in Indian Wells, a match Roddick won in three sets. Roddick went on to the finals where he lost to Ljubicic before winning Miami the following tournament. This match was one
Today, the top four players in the world were out on court and doing what they do best, which is win. Novak Djokovic beat fellow Serb, Victor Troicki, 6-3, 7-5. Nadal played Taylor Dent and won by a similar score of 6-2, 7-5. Andy Murray had the toughest match of the top 4. He beat
Although the British press has put pressure on Andy Murray to be the savior of British tennis, the successor to Tim Henman, and yet the moody Scot has often put as much pressure on himself to play well. This was a tall order for a player that has come to play during the peak of
Last year, a feat occurred at the Rogers Cup that had never happened before, at least since the ATP started keeping records. The top 8 seeds reached the quarterfinals. However, only one top four seed won his match, namely, Andy Murray, who ultimately won. Federer was upset by Tsonga, Nadal by del Potro, and Djokovic
Much like his match against Tomas Berdych, Roger Federer started this match on fire. He was helped by a completely erratic Djokovic who came out hitting hard and missing just as hard. Backhands were flying long, into the net, and it was easily the worst Djokovic has looked in a while. Federer bulldozed to a
Much like Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal gets the benefit of the doubt. He wins so often, gets wins when he's not playing well, that when he's not on top of his game, as he's not been at Toronto, many still feel he will win. Many gave Nadal the edge to beat Murray despite Nadal struggling
Of the four matches, Djokovic probably had the easiest one. He was facing Jeremy Chardy and had never lost to him. He cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 win proving superior off the ground, and passing too well when Chardy came to net. All in all, Chardy can point to a successful run at Toronto. He
In the past, Federer has shown he can handle players older than him, though those numbers are getting smaller as Federer edges to 30 years of age. He beat Juan Ignacio Chela, 7-6, 6-3 in the second round (he had a bye in the first), and beat Michael Llodra 7-6, 6-3 in the third round,
David Nalbandian had to be the hottest player of the quarterfinalists playing the Rogers Cup today. Prior to this, Nalbandian won two key matches in Davis Cup against Russia in Russia beating Nikolay Davydenko and Mikhail Youzhny. He came to Washington DC last week and won the event over Marcos Baghdatis in the finals. At
