On this, the most match-laden day of any Slam, all fourth round matches are played. Federer was up early and won his match quickly over Jurgen Melzer.
There were eight men’s matches scheduled for today. Two more are completed not including Federer’s win.
Tsonga played countryman Benneteau and got off to a quick start winning the first set, 6-1. The second set was closer, won only by one break, 6-4. Benneteau then earned a set, 6-3, before Tsonga clamped down in the fourth, 6-1. I thought this match might be close but ultimately go to Tsonga since Tsonga plays better in big match situations. Benneteau has had several wins against Tsonga, but in smaller events. This win was somewhat easier than expected, with two 6-1 sets.
Daniel Brands, the unheralded German, looked like he might make Tomas Berdych work. He took the first set, 6-4, then lost the second set in a tiebreak, 7 points to 1. In the third set, Brands had a break and was serving for the set, but got broken, and then broken again, to lose 7-5. Berdych broke early in the fourth set, but Brands had some chances to break back, but ultimately, did not do so, and lost the set and match, 6-3.
Djokovic went up two sets to none against Lleyton Hewitt, when once again, he was suffering from health issues. A doctor gave him some medication. Djokovic would then lose his serve to Hewitt, then go down 0-40 for a potential second break. He managed to get out of that game with good serving and a few good rallies. However, Djokovic would again go down 0-40, and this time, at 30-40, he lost serve, and the third set, 6-3.
Djokovic broke early in the fourth set for a 2-0 lead and was up 15-40 on Hewitt’s serve when Hewitt hit a few big serves and got himself out of that game.
Soderling started off pretty strong when Ferrer seemed a bit resigned that Soderling was going to overpower him. Soderling took the first set, 6-2, then got up a break in the second set. However, a bad call left Soderling upset, and Ferrer broke back and then got broken again, 7-5, to lose his first set of the championships. Soderling is now up 4-1 (one break) in the third set.
Andy Roddick has had a tougher time with Yen-Hsun Lu than expected. Roddick took the first set, 6-4. The two played until a tiebreak in the second set, and Lu won quite a few points off the Roddick serve, and took the tiebreak, 7 points to 3. They are on serve 3-all in the third set.
Andy Murray was leading a break and was serving for the set when Querrey fought and got a break back. Murray is now down 0-40, triple break point, at 5-all. His first serve percentage is only at 40%.
