If you pardon the pun of the title (upsetting,up and set, geddit??) it pretty much sums up what kind of day it has been for tennis at the Matua Madrid Open today.
Morely so for the woman on the WTA tour, as it saw not one but three top seeds being blasted off the court by lower ranked players, Julia Goerges for starters upsetted Caroline Wozniacki in 3 sets, then Sam Stosur got the boot by Anatasia Pavlyunchenko in two sets 7-6 6-3, and finally Francesca Schiavone got her comeuppance by the American (not to mention weirdly Goth like dressed and complete with war paint!) Bethanie Mattek Sands also in straight sets in 7-6 6-3 also. So its been upsets galore as we've seen so far, in fact I think there are only two of the top 10 seeds still in the tournament for the woman, Victoria Azarenka who ruthelessly dispatched her opponent today Santonja in 6-0 6-3, and Li Na who also beat her opponent Roberta Vinci in 3 sets. Its good to see Li Na back on form though as she has been playing consistently well at this tournament so far, although she will face an on form Mattek Sands tomorrow. So tomorrow's WTA tour matches will be very interesting as we will have the final eight battle it out for a place in the semis, Li Na vs Mattek Sands, Azarenka vs Safarova, Goerges vs Pavly and Cibulkova vs Kvitova. So far though I have to say I think Victoria Azarenka could be a favourite to win this one, either that or even on the outside maybe even Julia Goerges who has been formidable so far this week. So more to follow soon.
On the men's side of things there was another upset of course as Andy Murray made an early exit today against the Brazillian player Thomaz Bellucci who defeated the Muzza in straight sets 6-4, 6-2. In a way its to be expected as Murray hadn't exactly played his best yesterday against Gilles Simon, also he had never played Bellucci before or was that much aware of him, not to mention Bellucci is naturally a very good clay court player and Andy isn't so that left him at a massive tactical disadvantage. So in a way its not too big a deal, he did at least win one match and he still has time to get himself more in shape for Rome and the French Open. I also think that while Andy is perceived to be a sore loser, I think he is far from it, as he usually takes each loss in his stride and he appeared to show a lot of respect to Bellucci when he shook hands after his defeat. Also disappointingly we were robbed of Nadal's face off match with Juan Martin Del Potro, who had to pull out as he sustained a hip injury in his first game on Monday.
So tomorrow again the men's tour will be very interesting as Federer takes on Robin Soderling, should be a good one, Rafa takes on Michel Llodra, and most interestingly of all, Novak Djokovic takes on David Ferrer. Now this match is the one that I am most eager to follow as David Ferrer is a seasoned clay court player and a veteran of the red dirt, so hopefully it should be a very good match, although it does look certain that Djoky in his current imperious form will beat Ferrer. But he will be up against one of the top clay court players out there as Ferrer has already beaten Djokovic three times on clay, can he make it a forth and end Djoko's unceasing winning streak???? We shall see. So bated breath for tomorrow.
Part 5 will be along at some point.
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