Top Four Seeds Make History in Monte-Carlo

It’s just the second time in history that the top four seeds will all compete in the semifinals of a Masters Series event – the last time was at Cincinnati in 1999 (Sampras, Agassi, Kafelnikov and Rafter).  A very gutsy win for Roger Federer, as he surpassed David Nalbandian 6-2 in the third set for a spot in the “final four.”  Fed’s clay court winning streak is now at 8 matches, and it’s unbelievable to see him battling through these 3 setters.  This seems to be the first time in nearly half a decade that Roger has shown such guts by winning consecutive matches despite not playing his best tennis.  Here’s Roger’s response after the battle:

"I rather would have won in two sets, then maybe it would have been the best match of the season.
It was a good match. I was happy with my performance.

"It's always nice playing against [Nalbandian]. And when you beat him, you always know you're playing well because he's not just going to hand it over to you."

NOVAK ROLLS

 America’s bright hope, Sam, Querrey, was no match for world #3 Novak Djokovic, dropping a 4 & 0 loss to the Serbian.  Sam would’ve had a chance on a fast hard court or on grass, but no way can his big serve and laser groundies penetrate through Novak on the red clay.  Rafael Nadal scored an impressive victory over fellow Spaniard, David Ferrer.