It was really no surprise that World No.3 Novak Djokovic defeat the Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka to advance into the semifinals. Swiss No.2 Wawrinka had reached his first career ATP Masters Series quarterfinals by defeating some seeded players like the No.10 seed Thomas Berdych and No.18 seed Marcos Baghdatis. Novak Djokovic will face another challenge in the semifinals meeting World No.2 Rafael Nadal who overcome No.9 seed James Blake 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 in a 125mins 3-set match. This looks like a rematch of last year Pacific Life Open Finals when Nadal emerged the champion.
Rafael Nadal finally got his first career win against James Blake. Novak Djokovic stands a high chance of getting into the finals again based on his winning record so far in the competition but Nadal also have a career winning of 6 out of 8 meetings against Novak Djokovic. It will be a very exciting match to watch out on Saturday 22nd March 2008.
The other 4 quarterfinalists will be playing today. Can the World No.1 Roger Federer maintain his good form and stop Tommy Haas? Can the only American left in the competition, Mardy Fish, fight off No.7 seed David Nalbandian?
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