Here's at look at the match-ups for the men's quarterfinals.
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1 Roger Federer vs 12 Tomas Berdych - H2H: 8-2
Berdych won their last meeting in Indian Wells 7-6 in the 3rd.
This is their 5th meeting in a Slam & 2nd at Wimbledon - all Federer wins.
This Berdych's 3rd Slam Qf: 1-1 and it's Federer's 29th: 25-3.
They've both lost 3 sets at W and have each been pushed to 5.
Federer is of course the defending champ & winner 6 of the last 7 years.
He in on an 11 match winning streak at Wimbledon.
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3 Novak Djokovic vs Yen-Hsun Lu - H2H: 0-0
Of the 4 matches being played tomorrow this feels like the only slam-dunk.
Lu is the first Taiwanese player to ever get to a Slam quarterfinal.
Well, hello super stardom in Asia!
This is Novak's 3rd Qf at W: 1-1 and his 13th Slam Qf overall: 7-5.
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4 Andy Murray vs 10 Jo-Wilfried - H2H: 2-1
Tsonga won their only Slam match - a 1st rounder at the Australian Open '08.
This is Andy's 6th Slam Qf: 3-2 and it's Tsonga's 4th: 2-1.
Since England lost the World Cup the eyes of a nation have turned to Andy.
No, that's not any pressure.
But he has gone one round further every time he's played Wimbledon...
Which suggests he'll be a finalist this year. Hmmmmm.
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2 Rafael Nadal vs 6 Robin Soderling - H2H: 4-2
Nadal won their last meeting in the final of Roland Garros last month.
But if I were forced to pick the most vulnerable of the top 4 seeds...
He had a short practice session today (Tuesday) which may be telling?
Damn knees.
This is the '08 champs 4th straight Qf at W: 3-0 & his 16th in a Slam: 12-3.
Rafa, forced to sit out last year, has now won 11 straight matches at W.
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Soderling went 5 sets last round, so he's dropped 2 sets this tournament.
Posted by: Matt | 06/30/2010 at 04:31 AM