Men's Draw:

Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. Marcos Daniel (BRA)
Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) vs. Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS)
Denis Gremelmayr (GER) vs. Andrey Golubev (KAZ)
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) vs. Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
Robin Soderling (SWE) vs. Kevin Kim (USA)
Denis Istomin (UZB) vs. Giraldo Santiago (COL)
Ilia Bozoljac (SRB) vs. Nicolas Kiefer (GER)
Frederico Gil (POR) vs. David Ferrer (ESP)
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) vs. Stefan Koubek (AUT)
Diego Junqueira (ARG) vs. Paul Capdeville (CHI)
Nicolas Massu (CHI) vs. Daniel Koellerer (AUT)
Nicolas Devilder (FRA) vs. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
Nicolas Almagro (ESP) vs. Agustin Calleri (ARG)
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) vs. Sam Querrey (USA)
Peter Polansky (CAN) vs. Philipp Petzschner (GER)
Florent Serra (FRA) vs. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
Andrew Murray (GBR) vs. Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)
Mischa Zverev (GER) vs. Potito Starace (ITA)
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) vs. Albert Montanes (ESP)
Franco Ferreiro (BRA) vs. Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs. Gaston Gaudio (ARG)
Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) vs. Mathieu Montcourt (FRA)
Dudi Sela (ISR) vs. Jean-Rene Lisnard (MON)
Jan Hernych (CZE) vs. Marin Cilic (CRO)
Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) vs. Jiri Vanek (CZE)
Rui Machado (POR) vs. Kristof Vliegen (BEL)
Marcel Granollers-Pujol (ESP) vs. Josselin Ouanna (FRA)
Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA) vs. Marat Safin (RUS)
Victor Hanescu (ROU) vs. Steve Darcis (BEL)
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs. Gilles Muller (LUX)
Daniel Brands (GER) vs. Robert Kendrick (USA)
Wayne Odesnik (USA) vs. Gilles Simon (FRA)
Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) vs. Michaël Llodra (FRA)
Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs. Lukasz Kubot (POL)
Thomaz Belluci (BRA) vs. Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG)
Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs. Igor Andreev (RUS)
Dimitry Tursunov (RUS) vs. Arnaud Clement (FRA)
Fabrice Santoro (FRA) vs. Christophe Rochus (BEL)
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs. Juan Monaco (ARG)
Julien Benneteau (FRA) vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
Tommy Robredo (ESP) vs. Adrian Mannarino (FRA)
Evgueni Korolev (RUS) vs. Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs. Andreas Seppi (ITA)
Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) vs. Mardy Fish (USA)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs. Bernard Tomic (AUS)
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) vs. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)
Brian Dabul (ARG) vs. Sergii Stakhovsky (UKR)
Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) vs. Novak Djokovic (SRB)
Andy Roddick (USA) vs. Romain Jouan (FRA)
Oscar Hernandez (ESP) vs. Ivo Minar (CZE)
Ivan Navarro (ESP) vs. Andreas Beck (GER)
Marc Gicquel (FRA) vs. Rainer Schüttler (GER)
Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs. Sergio Roitman (ARG)
Guillaume Rufin (FRA) vs. Eduardo Schwank (ARG)
Victor Crivoi (ROU) vs. Simon Greul (GER)
Bobby Reynolds (USA) vs. Gaël Monfils (FRA)
James Blake (USA) vs. Leonardo Mayer (ARG)
Andrei Pavel (ROU) vs. Tommy Haas (GER)
Björn Phau (GER) vs. Jérémie Chardy (FRA)
Simone Bolelli (ITA) vs. Tomas Berdych (CZE)
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) vs. Laurent Recouderc (FRA)
Robby Ginepri (USA) vs. Pablo Andujar (ESP)
Jose Acasuso (ARG) vs. Santiago Ventura (ESP)
Alberto Martin (ESP) vs. Roger Federer (SUI)

Nadal Open

The tournament starts Sunday, 24 May 2009.

Four-time defending champion, Rafael Nadal is the top seed.

Djokovic is the same half as Federer. Murray, the third seed is in Nadal's half.

Will we have another Nadal - Federer final for the fourth consecutive time? Will Federer's win over the visibly tired Nadal in the Madrid Masters count here? Does Roger have any chance of winning the title this time around? Will he even get to the final?

Madrid Masters: Qtr-Final Results

Nadal - Verdasco  6-4, 7-5
Djokovic - Ljubicic  6-4, 6-4
Del Potro - Andrew Murray  7-6, 6-3
Federer - Roddick  7-5, 6-7, 6-1

Madrid Masters: Semi-Final Results

Federer - Del Potro 6-3, 6-4 
Nadal - Djokovic 3-6, 7-6, 7-6

Quarter-Finals Fixtures:

Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)
Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) vs. Andrew Murray (GBR)
Andy Roddick (USA) vs. Roger Federer (SUI)

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British number one Andy Murray beat Serbia's Novak Djokovic 6-2, 7-5 to win the Miami Masters in Florida.

Quarter Final Results:
Djokovic  - Tsonga  6-3 6-4
Federer - Roddick  6-3 4-6 6-4
Del Potro - Nadal  6-4 3-6 7-6
Murray - Verdasco  6-1 6-2

Semi-Final Results:
Murray - Del Potro 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 
Djokovic - Federer 3-6, 6-2, 6-3

The tournament started sometime last week. We are now in the quarter finals, where all the seeds have lived up to their rankings.

Here are the fourth round results:

Nadal - Wawrinka 7-6, 7-6
Federer - Dent 6-3, 6-2
Del Potro - Ferrer 6-3, 6-2
Roddick - Monfils 7-6, 6-4
Verdasco - Stepanek 6-2, 6-2
Murray - Troicki 6-1, 6-0
Tsonga - Simon 6-7, 6-3, 6-2
Djokovic - Berdych 6-3, 6-2

Quarter Final Fixtures:
Tsonga J. v Djokovic N.
Roddick A. v Federer R.
Nadal R. v Del Potro
Murray A. v Verdasco F.

Andy Murray [/b]will face Roger [b]Federer [/b]in the semi-finals of the Indian Wells Masters after both players showed determined form to win their respective last-eight clashes.

Murray spoiled Ivan [b]Ljubicic's birthday celebrations with a 7-5 7-6(6) victory over the Croatian, holding his nerve in a tight second-set tiebreak.

Meanwhile, Federer extended his record to 3-0 against the in-form Fernando Verdasco [/b]with a dominant 6-3 7-6 victory.

The other two men's quarter-finals are slated for Friday, when [b]Nadal [/b]will take on sixth-seeded Argentinian Juan Martin [b]del Potro and defending champion Djokovic [/b]clashes with seventh-seeded American Andy [b]Roddick.

Courtesy: Eurosport

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Fourth Round Results:

Nadal - Nalbandian 3-6, 7-6, 6-0
Del Potro - Isner 7-6, 7-6
Roddick - Ferrer 7-6, 3-6, 6-3
Ljubicic - Andreev 4-6, 7-6, 7-6
Djokovic - Wawrinka 7-6, 7-6
Federer - Gonzalez 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
Murray - Robredo 6-2, 3-0 Ab.
Verdasco - Kohlschreiber 6-4, 3-6, 6-1

I predicted a loss for Nadal in this round, but he came back strongly.

Other Third Round Results:

Roddick - Kiefer 6-4, 7-6 
Ferrer - Chardy 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 
Wawrinka - Querrey 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 
Nadal - Tursunov 6-3, 6-3 
Isner - Safin 6-4, 6-4 
Nalbandian - Troicki 6-4, 6-2 
Djokovic - Haas 6-2, 7-6 
Del Potro - Melzer 6-2, 2-6, 7-6

Fourth Round Fixtures:

Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. David Pablo Nalbandian (ARG)
John Isner (USA) vs. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)
Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
David Ferrer (ESP) vs. Andy Roddick (USA)
Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) vs. Igor Andreev (RUS)
Tommy Robredo (ESP) vs. Andrew Murray (GBR)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) vs. Roger Federer (SUI)

Tsonga, Simon, Blake, Gasquet are all out.

Some Third Round Results:

Andreev - Tsonga 7-5, 6-4
Robredo - Cilic 7-5, 7-6
Federer - Karlovic 7-6, 6-3
Ljubicic - Simon 6-3, 7-6
Verdasco - Gasquet 6-3, 6-2
Gonzalez - Blake 7-5, 6-1
Murray - Mathieu 6-3, 6-2
Kohlschreiber - Lapentti 6-2, 2-6, 6-3

Other Third Round Fixtures:

[b]Djokovic [/b]N. v Haas T.
Melzer J. v Del Potro J.
Troicki V. v Nalbandian D.
Isner J. v Safin M.
[b]Nadal [/b]R. v Tursunov D.
Querrey S. v Wawrinka S.
Ferrer D. v Chardy J.
Kiefer N. v Roddick A.

David, I just checked ur draw. You're doing better than I am at the moment.

Do you really believe Tsonga will win the title?. . .

Men's Draw:

Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. - Bye 01
Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs. - Qualifier 1
- Qualifier 2 vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
Dimitry Tursunov (RUS) vs. - Bye 02
Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs. - Bye 03
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs. Viktor Troicki (SRB)
- Qualifier 3 vs. - Qualifier 4
David Pablo Nalbandian (ARG) vs. - Bye 04
Gaël Monfils (FRA) vs. - Bye 05
John Isner (USA) vs. Christophe Rochus (BEL)
Nicolas Massu (CHI) vs. Eduardo Schwank (ARG)
- Bye 06 vs. Marat Safin (RUS)
Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs. - Bye 07
Taylor Dent (USA) vs. Diego Junqueira (ARG)
Wayne Odesnik (USA) vs. Ryan Sweeting (USA)
- Bye 08 vs. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)
Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. - Bye 09
Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG) vs. - Qualifier 5
Oscar Hernandez (ESP) vs. Tommy Haas (GER)
- Bye 10 vs. Rainer Schüttler (GER)
Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs. - Bye 11
Sam Querrey (USA) vs. Guillermo Canas (ARG)
Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) vs. Andreas Seppi (ITA)
- Bye 12 vs. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
David Ferrer (ESP) vs. - Bye 13
- Qualifier 6 vs. Ivan Navarro (ESP)
Victor Hanescu (ROU) vs. Jérémie Chardy (FRA)
- Bye 14 vs. Mardy Fish (USA)
Nicolas Kiefer (GER) vs. - Bye 15
Bobby Reynolds (USA) vs. Fabio Fognini (ITA)
- Qualifier 7 vs. Mischa Zverev (GER)
- Bye 16 vs. Andy Roddick (USA)
Gilles Simon (FRA) vs. - Bye 17
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs. Michael Lammer (SUI)
Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) vs. Kei Nishikori (JPN)
- Bye 18 vs. Mario Ancic (CRO)
Igor Andreev (RUS) vs. - Bye 19
Kevin Kim (USA) vs. Ernests Gulbis (LAT)
Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) vs. Jose Acasuso (ARG)
- Bye 20 vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
Tommy Robredo (ESP) vs. - Bye 21
Vincent Spadea (USA) vs. Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)
Steve Darcis (BEL) vs. Marcel Granollers-Pujol (ESP)
- Bye 22 vs. Marin Cilic (CRO)
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) vs. - Bye 23
Potito Starace (ITA) vs. Denis Gremelmayr (GER)
Albert Montanes (ESP) vs. Florent Serra (FRA)
- Bye 24 vs. Andrew Murray (GBR)
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) vs. - Bye 25
Julien Benneteau (FRA) vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) vs. Giraldo Santiago (COL)
- Bye 26 vs. Robin Soderling (SWE)
Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs. - Bye 27
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs. Mickael Llodra (FRA)
Thomaz Belluci (BRA) vs. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)
- Bye 28 vs. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
James Blake (USA) vs. - Bye 29
Nicolas Devilder (FRA) vs. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) vs. Jan Hernych (CZE)
- Bye 30 vs. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs. - Bye 31
Sergii Stakhovsky (UKR) vs. Brendan Evans (USA)
Marc Gicquel (FRA) vs. Simone Bolelli (ITA)
- Bye 32 vs. Roger Federer (SUI)

It's the first of the Masters Series.

Federer is back in action since losing to Nadal in a five-set thriller at Australian Open. Nadal, the top seed here looks to continue his good run after dispatching the world number three, the Djoker in the Davis cup.

Will we have another Nadal-Federer final? Who do you see as a likely spoiler?

The competition starts tonite.

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The women's final games are usually one-sided.

Serena takes her 4th australian open title beating Safina 6-0, 6-3.

   

Serena takes the first set 6-0 in about 22 minutes.

The women's Australian Open final between world number two Serena Williams and world number three Dinara Safina is about to start.

Go Safina! You can do it.

Djokovic retires as Roddick progresses to the semi.

What happened to Del Potro?

At least he didn't retire like . . .

Didn't see the match, but dang! 6-3, 6-0, 6-0.

I wonder how Roddick would be feeling.

Some Third Round Results:

Kleybanova - Ivanovic 7-5, 6-7, 6-2 
Dokic - Wozniacki 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 
Jankovic - Sugiyama 6-4, 6-4 
Bartoli - Safarova 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 
Cornet - Hantuchova 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 
Zvonareva - Earrani 6-4, 6-1 
Safina - Kanepi 6-2, 6-2 
Petrova - Voskoboeva 6-1  abandoned

Other Third Round Fixtures:

Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) vs. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchz (ESP)
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) vs. Flavia Pennetta (ITA)
Virginie Razzano (FRA) vs. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)
Samantha Stosur (AUS) vs. Elena Dementieva (RUS)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) vs. Alyona Bondarenko (UKR)
Jie Zheng (CHN) vs. Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR)
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) vs. Amelie Mauresmo (FRA)
Peng Shuai (CHN) vs. Serena Williams (USA)

Some Third Round Results:

Federer - Safin 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 
Baghdatis - Fish 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 
Berdych - Wawrinka 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 
Roddick - Santoro 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 
Robredo - Lu 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 
Cilic - Ferrer 7-6, 6-3, 6-4 
Djokovic - Delic 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 
Del Potro - Muller 6-7, 7-5, 6-3, 7-5

Other Third Round Fixtures: (24 Jan)

Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. Tommy Haas (GER)
Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)
Gaël Monfils (FRA) vs. Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
Mario Ancic (CRO) vs. Gilles Simon (FRA)
Andrew Murray (GBR) vs. Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
James Blake (USA) vs. Igor Andreev (RUS)
Dudi Sela (ISR) vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)

@Bagoma, there's another thread for the ladies.

Australian Open 2009 - Women