Federer Struggles at Gerry Weber
Unfortunately Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer won't be meeting on grass this week, as they are both playing in different warm up events. Rafa seems to be playing solid grass court ball (which I still find hard to believe, simply because laws of physics say that topspin doesn't work as effectively on grass); Roger had a surprising grind today against a player WAY outside of the top 150! Tomorrow Fed faces Marcos Baghdatis which will be very interesting; Rafal plays Ivo Karlovic tomorrow, BIG TEST for Nadal on grass. Here are the Weber/Stella results:
Singles - Second Round
[1] R Federer (SUI) d [Q] J Vacek (CZE) 75 63
N Kiefer (GER) d [4] M Youzhny (RUS) 62 57 63
[5] M Baghdatis (CYP) d F Santoro (FRA) 64 63
M Llodra (FRA) d S Darcis (BEL) 76(6) 76(3)
Doubles - Quarterfinals
[4] L Dlouhy (CZE) / L Paes (IND) d M Berrer (GER) / T Haas (GER) 63 64
RESULTS – THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2008
Singles - Third Round
[1] R Nadal (ESP) d K Nishikori (JPN) 64 36 63
[2] N Djokovic (SRB) d [13] J Tipsarevic (SRB) 26 61 64
[3] A Roddick (USA) d [15] M Fish (USA) 76(5) ret. (left ankle)
[4] D Nalbandian (ARG) d N Mahut (FRA) 64 61
[5] R Gasquet (FRA) d M Ancic (CRO) 76(5) 64
[6] A Murray (GBR) d E Gulbis (LAT) 57 61 64
[11] L Hewitt (AUS) d [7] P Mathieu (FRA) 64 64
[8] I Karlovic (CRO) d [10] F Gonzalez (CHI) 63 75
Doubles - Quarterfinals
[5] M Melo (BRA) / A Sa (BRA) d [1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) 64 16 10-7
Doubles - Second Round
[2] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) d P Hanley (AUS) / T Perry (AUS) 75 62
[7] F Cermak (CZE) / J Kerr (AUS) d M Ancic (CRO) / J Melzer (AUT) 76(1) 62
[8] M Bhupathi (IND) / R Bopanna (IND) d F Gonzalez (CHI) / N Lapentti (ECU) W/O (Lapentti - shoulder)
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