<p>This event is heating up! Once Federer laid the smack down on Tomic to end round three, the shackles on the tournament were loosened. Aussies were torn between their home countryman and their favourite, but in Federation Square (aka. Fed Square) the crowd clearly sided with the Swiss.</p>
<p>At the same start time, a classic French standoff played out between Gael and Gilles (with french commentary from Henri Leconte on channel 7). 42 shot rallies gave way to 60 shot rallies and into 71 shots. Both players, unsurprisingly, struggled with injuries throughout the 5-set match, but Gilles Simon pulled it out in the end. I hope he has some left in the tank for Murray today on Hisense (I have tickets!). The good news is that Monfils is moving well and looks to be on his way back to the top 15.</p>
<p>The top seeds have been rollong until Djokovic hit the brick wall known as Stanislas. Stan Wawrinka let Novak off the hook serving out set #2 and it cost him a massive break thru victory. Eventually it came down to 12-10 in the 5th for the #1 seed.</p>
<p>I am looking forward to some women's 4th round action with Sloane Stephens today (on Hisense). She has a very winnable match to make the quarterfinal against Serena Williams.</p>
<p>Federer takes on the big serves of Raonic again today. It's hard to see how Milos can break the master, so I expect a couple of tiebreaks and a 4 set win for Roger. Many brief points. Gasquet vs Tsonga (another french battle) is the most interesting match of the day. Tsonga has given Federer all kinds of problems in the past, while I don't think Richard could. It does seem like Gasquet has been improving his game and his results so maybe this is his opportunity to become the #1 Frenchman. Stay tuned, I'm expecting a great match with high skill and good contrast of styles.</p>
<p>More later on the doubles and junior side of things...</p>
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