The following are all 4th round matches.
1 Rafael Nadal d 15 Marin Cilic - 62 64 63
Much has been made of Rafa's lingering illness the last few days, well...
Rafa: Today I felt very good, no? I didn't sweat like the other days.
Today was the first day that I felt perfect physically.
There you go.
Rafa advances to his 5th AO Qf: 2-2. He lost to Murray in the Qf last year.
He has only faced 16 break points in 4 matches - losing serve just 3 times.
3 Kim Clijsters d Ekaterina Makarova - 76(3) 62
Kim has not looked terribly great in her last two matches. But still gets thru.
Ut-oh: This is Kim's 6th trip to the Qf's - a round in which she has never lost.
Kim will face Agnieszka Radwanska - Kim destoyed her in their only match.
5 Andy Murray d 11 Jurgen Melzer - 63 61 61
UNBELIEVABLE: In 4 matches Andy has lost only 22 games.
Half of the 12 sets he has played have had this score: 6-1.
Another two went to: 6-2. The rest went to: 6-3. That's all. Totally crazy.
Upside: Welcome to the top 10 Jurgen. Well deserved.
2 Vera Zvonareva d Iveta Benesova - 64 61
As we all know, Vera is looking for her maiden Slam.
Vera: The assessment? Well, I think I did pretty good overall. You know,
I started off okay, but then she was able to go 4 2 up in the first set.
I thought I was a little bit slow, a little bit passive. But then...
I was able to find the right momentum, stay a little bit more aggressive.
I kept that till the end of the match and I'm really happy about that.
7 David Ferrer d Milos Raonic - 46 62 63 64
I think a lot of people were predicting an upset here & after the 1st set...
David showed them. In the end he made 10 unforced errors in the match.
But hey, there is no denying Milos is going to be huge - SOON.
This is David 2nd trip to the Qf's: 0-1. As a reward - he get's Rafa next.
But he must think he's in with a chance - he's beaten Rafa 3 times.
12 Agnieszka Radwanska d Shuai Peng - 75 36 75
Well, we knew from the history of these 2 that is was going deep in the 3rd.
This is Agnieszka's 4th trip to a Slam Qf: 0-3.
Remember, she recently had surgery on her ankle.
Ag: Yeah, I think I should have surgery before every Grand Slam definitely.
Hey, whatever works!
Alexandr Dolgopolov d 4 Robin Soderling - 16 63 61 46 62
Shock of the tournament. Could very well go down as the upset of the year.
This, in only his 4th Slam main draw.
Vowels: Doesn't it look like he's missing a letter in both names? An E & an O.
Alex: I was on tour all the time when my father was a coach.
Then I started to play myself. It's a lot of work.
Now I'm happy something's paying off and I'm getting my goals together...
25 Petra Kvitova d 22 Flavia Pennetta - 36 63 63
This is Petra's 2nd Slam Qf: 1-0. She got to the Sf's at Wimby last year.
With a 2nd round loss her last year look for her ranking to get a nice bump.
Consolation: Flavia is seeded #1 in doubles with Gisela Dulko & still alive.
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