World No.1 Roger Federer performance was outstanding and looks very confident to reclaim his title this year. Roger Federer eliminate the Argentine Jose Acasuso 7-6(5), 6-2 to set up a epic quarterfinals match against No.6 seed Andy Roddick who kicked out his opponent Julien Benneteau 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. This will be their 17th career meetings and Roger holds a 15-1 career lead over Roddick.
The only unseeded player left in the tournament, Serbian Janko Tipsarevic made a great comeback to in the three-set match against No.11 seed Mikhail Youzhny. Tipsarevic took 118mins to dismiss No.11 seed Mikhail Youzhny 3-6, 6-0, 6-3. Janko Tipsarevic will encounter another Russian, World No.4 Nikolay Davydenko, in the quarterfinals. No.4 seed Nikolay Davydenko went through another tough match against Mario Ancic but he managed to pull through a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 win after losing the first set.
World No.2 Rafael Nadal took out the Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu easily in straight sets 6-4, 6-4. No.9 seed James Blake also ended off No.27 seed Radek Stepanek in straight set 6-3, 6-4 and will face off with World No.2 Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals. James Blake has the second opportunity to avenge for his quarterfinals defeat to Nadal in Indian Wells 2008.
No.10 seed Tomas Berdych is on his top form in Miami this year to reach the quarterfinals without dropping a set. He defeated the Russian Dmitry Tursunov 6-2, 6-2 in 64mins and his next opponent in the quarterfinals will be the No.32 seed Igor Andreev who beat No.15 seed Guillermo Canas 6-4, 7-6(6).
Well that completes the round of 16. There are still six Top 10 players in the quarterfinals so there will definitely be some major upsets happening today and tomorrow.
The only unseeded player left in the tournament, Serbian Janko Tipsarevic made a great comeback to in the three-set match against No.11 seed Mikhail Youzhny. Tipsarevic took 118mins to dismiss No.11 seed Mikhail Youzhny 3-6, 6-0, 6-3. Janko Tipsarevic will encounter another Russian, World No.4 Nikolay Davydenko, in the quarterfinals. No.4 seed Nikolay Davydenko went through another tough match against Mario Ancic but he managed to pull through a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 win after losing the first set.
World No.2 Rafael Nadal took out the Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu easily in straight sets 6-4, 6-4. No.9 seed James Blake also ended off No.27 seed Radek Stepanek in straight set 6-3, 6-4 and will face off with World No.2 Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals. James Blake has the second opportunity to avenge for his quarterfinals defeat to Nadal in Indian Wells 2008.
No.10 seed Tomas Berdych is on his top form in Miami this year to reach the quarterfinals without dropping a set. He defeated the Russian Dmitry Tursunov 6-2, 6-2 in 64mins and his next opponent in the quarterfinals will be the No.32 seed Igor Andreev who beat No.15 seed Guillermo Canas 6-4, 7-6(6).
Well that completes the round of 16. There are still six Top 10 players in the quarterfinals so there will definitely be some major upsets happening today and tomorrow.
Quarterfinals
[1] Roger Federer (SUI) vs [6] Andy Roddick (USA)
[4] Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) vs Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)
[10] Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs [31] Igor Andreev (RUS)
[2] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs [9] James Blake (USA)
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