Novak Djokovic took in a big blow on Day 4 of competition, by losing to his Australian Open Final opponent, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The score was 64 16 63, and the home favorite was very pleased with his performance and said that it had a little bit of everything.
Juan Martin del Potro also suffered a loss to David Nalbandian, who he has lost to for the second straight time, with the last loss being in Basel just a week ago. The final score was 64 60 and Nalbandian managed to finish it off in just 67 minutes. Since del Potro is 7th in the race to Shanghai,he will just have to wait and see if he has done enough to get there.
Andy Roddick also enjoyed triumph today with a win to Frenchman Gilles Simon. With this win, Roddick also propelled himself to a place in the year-ending Masters Cup in Shanghai. Roddick struck 15 aces and needed 5 match points to finish Simon with a 63 75 score.
Other winners for today also include Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Singles - Third Round
[1] R Nadal (ESP) d [16] G Monfils 63 62(FRA)
[2] R Federer (SUI) d M Cilic (CRO) 63 64
[13] J Tsonga (FRA) d [3] N Djokovic (SRB) 64 16 63
[4] A Murray (GBR) d [15] F Verdasco (ESP) 63 76(6)
[6] N Davydenko (RUS) d T Berdych (CZE) 61 61
[7] A Roddick (USA) d [10] G Simon (FRA) 63 75
[8] D Nalbandian (ARG) d [9] J del Potro (ARG) 64 60
[11] J Blake (USA) d P Kohlschreiber (GER) 64 64
Doubles - Second Round
A Clement (FRA) / M Llodra (FRA) d [2] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) 64 75
[6] J Coetzee (RSA) / W Moodie (RSA) d J Murray (GBR) / P Vizner (CZE) 75 75
[5] J Bjorkman (SWE) / K Ullyett (ZIM) d L Arnold Ker (ARG) / D Nalbandian (ARG) 76(5) 64
M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) d [1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) 64 46 10-5
Singles - Third Round
[1] R Nadal (ESP) d [16] G Monfils 63 62(FRA)
[2] R Federer (SUI) d M Cilic (CRO) 63 64
[13] J Tsonga (FRA) d [3] N Djokovic (SRB) 64 16 63
[4] A Murray (GBR) d [15] F Verdasco (ESP) 63 76(6)
[6] N Davydenko (RUS) d T Berdych (CZE) 61 61
[7] A Roddick (USA) d [10] G Simon (FRA) 63 75
[8] D Nalbandian (ARG) d [9] J del Potro (ARG) 64 60
[11] J Blake (USA) d P Kohlschreiber (GER) 64 64
Doubles - Second Round
A Clement (FRA) / M Llodra (FRA) d [2] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) 64 75
[6] J Coetzee (RSA) / W Moodie (RSA) d J Murray (GBR) / P Vizner (CZE) 75 75
[5] J Bjorkman (SWE) / K Ullyett (ZIM) d L Arnold Ker (ARG) / D Nalbandian (ARG) 76(5) 64
M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) d [1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) 64 46 10-5
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