Olympic Tennis Bracket 2012: Men's Quarterfinal Matchups Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic in Action Thursday

Aug 01, 2012 10:41 PM EDT

Wednesday marked the last qualifying matchups in the Men's Singles at the London 2012 Olympic games. The bracket for the quarterfinals is set. These are the following players that advanced to the next round.

In order of rankings:

Roger Federer of Switzerland (1), Serbian Novak Djokovic (2), Great Britain's Andy Murray (3), French Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5), Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina (8), John Isner of the USA (10), Nicolas Almagro of Spain (11) and the lowest ranked player, Japanese Kei Nishikori (15)

The important thing to remember is that not everybody is going to compete tomorrow, so tennis fans can let their nerves rest. On the other hand, a lot of great matchups will be happening tomorrow.

These are what Thursday's matches will look like.

Roger Federer vs. John Isner

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Novak Djokovic

The most intriguing matchup should be Tsonga versus Djokovic. They are both popular players. Djokovic is a champion and Tsonga is an amusing player to watch on the court.Djokovic had a bit of trouble in his match on Wednesday against Leyton Hewitt. It will be interesting to see how he bounces back.

Roger Federer will be intriguing to watch simply because he is the best player out there.

On Friday, Great Britain's own Andy Murray will face Nicolas Almagro and Juan Martin del Potro will face Kei Nishikori.

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