The U.S. Open is continuing for Day 9 on Tuesday from Flushing and some of the top players in the tournament will be in action, including Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray and all this comes after Roger Federer was upset in the fourth round to Tommy Robredo.
Robredo will now advance to play against Nadal in the next round and this is the first time they are playing and it comes after the first win of his career in 10 tries against Federer. The loss also will mark the first time in 10 years that Federer has not made it to at least one of the Grand Slam finals, showing his dominance throughout his career, including 17 slam titles.
Nadal is being looked at as the favorite on his side of the draw, while Djokovic and Murray also appear to be on a crash course. Williams made it through to the next round after defeating Sloane Stephens and this comes after she had previously lost to the fellow American at the Australian open. The media hyped the match up and things looked tight at first, but Serena pulled away for the 6-4, 6-1 victory and now she is being looked at as the favorite in the tournament after winning last year.
Williams has been dominant all year and has won eight tournaments and she recently lost to Victoria Azarenka and everyone is hoping to see that matchup play out. Nadal has looked excellent on hard courts this year and has won back to back tournaments on the surface for the first time and he also is undefeated on it this year. Nadal advanced to the next round and now will be looked at as the top player on his side of the draw.
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Federer suffered a shock loss to Robredo at the U.S. Open on Monday, ruining the prospect of meeting Rafa Nadal at the only grand slam where the two greats have never played each other.
In the biggest upset of the tournament, Robredo demolished a badly out-of-sorts Federer 7-6(3) 6-3 6-4 in the fourth round, marking the first time in a decade the Swiss master has fallen before the quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows.
"I kind of feel like I beat myself, without taking any credit away from Tommy," a dejected Federer told reporters.
As expected, Nadal safely made it through, recovering after losing a set for the first time in the tournament to beat Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-7(4) 6-4 6-3 6-1 at an electrified Arthur Ashe Stadium.
But his win was overshadowed by Federer's unforeseen loss against a player he had beaten in each of their 10 previous meetings, spoiling what was looming as the first meeting between the pair in the Big Apple.
"Two times we were one point away. This time we were one match away. But it's always the same," Nadal said.
"When I see the draw, I think about my first round. If I win, I think about my second. That's it.
"I don't see the quarter-finals or the fourth round before the first round. You know how tough is every tournament, every match."
Robredo was almost as surprised as everyone else after one of the biggest wins of his career.
"It's amazing," Robredo said. "For me, Roger, for the moment, is the best player of all time.
Robredo will now face Nadal in the quarters, ensuring there will be at least one Spaniard in the semi-finals. There well could be another after David Ferrer joined his countrymen by beating Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic 7-6(2) 3-6 7-5 7-6(3).
The fourth seed will play Richard Gasquet after the Frenchman saved a match point in the fourth set tiebreak before going on to outlast Canada's Milos Raonic 6-7(4) 7-6(4) 2-6 7-6(9) 7-5 in a slugfest that lasted four hours and 40 minutes.
Earlier, Daniela Hantuchova advanced to the quarter-finals for the first time in more than a decade. Just one singles match at the U.S. Open between 2001 and 2010 but in the past year and a half, she has made it to the fourth round or better in five of the last six majors, reaching a career high ranking of 11. For years, U.S. Tennis Association officials balked at the idea of building a roof because of the enormous cost of covering Arthur Ashe Stadium, the largest tennis stadium in the world.
But they have finally relented, announcing two weeks ago that they would commence a massive renovation program, which would include a roof, by 2016 at the earliest.
(Reuters Quotes)
