World No.2 Rafael Nadal took his revenge in an enduring 183mins match against his Australian Open arch-rival, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. No.17 seed Tsonga challenged Nadal to a third set decider where he nearly upset the World No.2 again serving at 5-3 but Nadal put up a good fight back to advance to the quarterfinals. The grueling match ended with a score of 6(4)-7, 7-6(3), 7-5.
World No.3 Novak Djokovic was the next quarterfinalist who overruns No.16 seed Guillermo Canas in straight set 6-2, 6-3. Another epic match was between 2 unseeded players, Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka and Korean Hyung-Taik Lee. Wawrinka took the first set without any major issue but Lee did not give Wawrinka an easy time in the second set. Wawrinka defeat Lee 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 and will meet World No.3 Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals.
There are two Americans who managed to secure a place in the quarterfinals. No.9 seed James Blake who has never won the past 2 meetings against No.8 seed Richard Gasquet finally triumph over the Frenchman in straight sets 6-4, 6-2. The unseeded American Mardy Fish followed his fellow countryman into the quarterfinals after winning the third-set tie-break against No.24 seed Lleyton Hewitt.
Another unseeded player Tommy Haas also gets his placing in the quarterfinals beating No.11 seed Andy Murray. Andy Murray took the first set confidently but lost the match eventually 6-2, 5-7, 3-6 to the German Tommy Haas. Tommy Haas will be waiting for the winner of the match between World No.1 Roger Federer and No.23 seed Ivan Ljubicic. The Federer vs Ljubicic match have not ended yet when I wrote this post.
No.7 seed David Nalbandian breeze through No.22 seed Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-2, 6-2 to secure his placing in the quarterfinals.
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