Paris: Roland Garros has entered the
quarter-final round and one match that everyone has their eyes set on is
the match between World number 1, Novak Djokovic and the defending
champion Rafael Nadal. Nadal and Djokovic are expected to clash in the
semi-finals of the men's division if they win their respective
quarter-final matches.
Nadal on Monday celebrated his 27th birthday with a win over
Japanese Kei Nishikori. He won in straight sets with a score of 6-4 6-1
6-3. Nishikori who was the first Japanese player to reach the last 16
round of Roland Garros after Nakano Fumiteru, who lost in the last 16
seventy five years ago. Nadal will now face Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka who
won a hard fought match against Richard Gasquet, beating him with a
score of 6-7 (5/7) 4-6 6-4 7-5 8-6. This will be Wawrinka's first
quarter-final appearance at the French Open.
Djokovic won his match against Philipp Kohlschreiber with the score
line reading 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4. After defeating one German, Djokovic goes
on to face another German in the last-eight. He will be up against
German Tommy Haas who beat Russian Mikhail Youzhny.
In the women's draw Maria Sharapova advanced to the round of
last-eight with a comfortable win over Sloane Stephens. She now faces
Jelena Jankovic in the quarter finals.
Ana Ivanovic crashed out of French Open as she lost to the 4th seed
Agnieszka Radwanska. Radwanska will now be pitted against the Italian
Sara Errani.
Serena Williams won her round 4 match and now faces the unseeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarter finals.
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