After 2 full days of rain delay at Flushing Meadows in New York, the rain has finally abaited and the remaining matches that have need to be played have been mostly played and there were a few good ones in there I'm sure.
So Day 11 first off saw Rafa resume his match against the talented Luxmbourger Gilles Muller, who after an even pegged first set, saw Rafa run away with the match, as he closed it out in 7-6, 6-1, 6-2. Rafa of course in latter stage grand slam style is playing some of his best stuff again and will prove quite a threat for his following opponents. Andy Murray also resumed his match with the American wildcard Donald Young, who made a real upset earlier this year when he beat Andy in Indian Wells back in March. But this time Andy had no such trouble as he broke the young lad twice in the opening set to take it, and despite a few breaks of serve between each player, Andy still managed to close it out quite easily in 6-2, 6-3, 6-3. It was quite a comfortable win not to mention it saw him complete his revenge against Young and Bogomolov for his losses earlier this year.
So onto the other men's matches quickly, Andy Roddick who after a few rain delays, and also spotting a crack in the surface of the court behind the baseline on Louis Armstrong stadium, had to have his match moved to court 13 (unlucky maybe???). Understandably Roddick was pretty miffed, but it didn't affect his performance against David Ferrer, which was pretty impressive, and it saw him reach his first grand slam quarter final of the year as well as a return to form. Fellow yank giant John Isner also imperssed in his match against the Frenchman Gilles Simon, who he defeated in a tough 4 set match, which Isner took after a 3 tiebreaks, while dropping the 2nd set, he won in 7-6(2), 3-6, 7-6(2), 7-6(4). So that's the 2nd half of the mens quarter finals matches setup to go tomorrow, so they should be corkers, its Rafa vs Roddick (yah!), Muzza vs Isner (yeeeahhh!). Its gonna be tough for all four of them, although I have to say Rafa and Andy are the favourites to win both of them, but one thing is for sure, we should be in for a treat.
Onto the womans matches briefly also as I'm pleased to say that the current World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki defeated Andrea Petkovic to make her third US semi final, where she will face a no good player called Serena Williams. ;-) Speaking of which Serena eased her way to victory against the Russian Anastasia Pavyluchenkova in 7-5, 6-1. I was a bit frustrated watching Serena before hand as she is always a bit curt and truculent in her pre-match interviews, she did everything she could to get away from the interviewer. I do apperciate she is a terrific player but I just find her attitude very ignorant, as its all about her, and its funny how she is always so sour before her matches and so happy after them in interview. Regardless of that, we have a very exciting womans semi final match setup for what is now going to be on Saturday night, due to the rain delays. So the big question must be asked: can Caroline defeat Serena???? Based on her performance throughout the tournamenet I would have to probably say no, but they have both looked pretty convincing in their campaigns. Caroline has only dropped one set in one match, while Serena has breezed through despite a tight set against Pavly tonight and a fightback from Azarenka, she hasn't dropped one yet. But I think Caroline has the energy, stamina and ability to if not beat Serena but certainly go toe to toe with her, but if she does go down, I hope its a real battle.
Oh and Sam Stosur is also through to the semis as she defeated Vera Zvonareva easily in 6-3, 6-3, which saw her improve her record against Vera. In the other semi final match Sam will play wildcard Angeliq Kerbrer from Germany, who has surprised everyone by making her first grand slam semi final, after beating Flavia Pennetta.
Well that's the ladies now onto the men, tonight we saw what so far might possibly have been the match of the tournament, between the two Serbs Novak Djokovic and Janko Tipsarevic, as the battled it out for Serbia. I wasn't expecting too much from Tipsy in this match, but he really did surprise me as he played a brilliant match against Djokovic, for two sets it was even pegged as we were treated to two thrilling sets, and for the first time Djokovic dropped a set in the tournament. However the superb play was cut short as Tipsy started showing signs of tiredness aswell as a thigh injury, which forced him to retire (that I think brings the retiral record up 19!!). But I sometimes wonder if this all revolves around Djokovic winning the title, as he pays off Federer, Rafa to take a dive in the finals, semis or quarter finals, so he can win the tournament! Haw haw, I joke of course! As Fed himself once said "tennis is a crazy game". And that it sure is. Speaking of which Fedora also got his revenge on Tsonga as he defeated him in the quarter finals in a very impressive display in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. I have to say that Federer is looking pretty formidable again just like he did at French Open, and next up is Djokovic, and we all know what happened in their previous meeting. Will it be the same result this time? Can Federer hand Djokovic his third loss this year??? Well its all in the future waiting to unfold, but we will find out. One way or another this match promises to be the match of the tournament, so can't wait for it.
So things are heating up, its getting exciting, as we are getting down to the final 8 in the mens and the final 4 in the ladies at the US Open.
But for now that's enough.... Tara.
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