Roger had it all working against del Potro. Early and often. He went up 3-Love with 7 winners and zero errors. Note in the final stats:38 fun house winners against 22 unforced errors. Also he won 89% of his first serve points. He used the lethal one-two of serve and forehand to control the match. But it was the backhand pick-ups off the baseline and the backhand winners down the line that made this no contest. 6-4; 6-3; 6-2.
One tense moment came at 5-3 in the second set with Roger trying to serve out the set. These are the moments where he has faltered to Djokovic and Nadal in 2011. But this time at least he prevailed
We learned that Roger is a serious contender this season and Juan Martin is just not quite back to prime grand slam form. He should be able to build up his match toughness over the summer and be ready for the US Open.
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In between men's quarters, Kimmy took out the #1 seed and former #1 ranked Wozniacki. We know there will finally be a new #1 now, but exactly who will depend on how this tournament plays out.
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Berdych played some great tennis. He is legit, but this top guys are just so unbeatable. Nadal does it again with his unbelievable competitiveness. This match featured many questionable line calls which could have gotten him off track, but Rafa just kept coming and coming and overwhelmed Tomas by the end. Nadal is just hitting these great deep balls. Federer will need to pick those backhands clean. With this semifinal matchup coming, I have no idea what could happen!
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