Rafa, Federer and Roddick Advance
What an impressive win for Rafael Nadal over the "grass court player," Ivo Karlovic. Ivo's game is among the toughest to "read" on the ATP Tour, and he is among the most dangerous grass court players in the world, it took 3 tie break sets, but Rafa proved that he can still battle anyone on grass. How about Andy Roddick, moving his way through the Stella draw, it appears that me made a good decision to skip Roland Garros, get healthy, and focus on Wimbledon [an event that he could win this year]. It would be great to see Andy move through the draw at the All England Club, as he's done many times in the past [with that rocket serve, why not?].
Stella Artois Singles - Quarterfinals
[1] R Nadal (ESP) d [8] I Karlovic (CRO) 67(5) 76(5) 76(4)
[2] N Djokovic (SRB) d [11] L Hewitt (AUS) 62 62
[3] A Roddick (USA) d [6] A Murray (GBR) walkover (right thumb)
[4] D Nalbandian (ARG) d [5] R Gasquet (FRA) 64 36 76(3)
Doubles - Quarterfinals
[2] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) d [8] M Bhupathi (IND) / R Bopanna (IND) 64 64
[7] F Cermak (CZE) / J Kerr (AUS) d [3] J Bjorkman (SWE) / K Ullyett (ZIM) 63 64
[6] M Mirnyi (BLR) / J Murray (GBR) d E Butorac (USA) / R Ram (USA) 76(7) 46 10-3
Gerry Weber Singles - Quarterfinals
[1] R Federer (SUI) d [5] M Baghdatis (CYP) 64 64
[2] J Blake (USA) d [WC] A Beck (GER) 76(4) 76(5)
N Kiefer (GER) d M Llodra (FRA) 40 Ret (left arm)
P Kohlschreiber (GER) d R Soderling (SWE) 64 76(4)
Doubles - Semifinals
[4] L Dlouhy (CZE) / L Paes (IND) d I Ljubicic (CRO) / R Soderling (SWE) 64 06 10-4
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