World No.2 Rafael Nadal overrun the German Nicolas Kiefer 6-2, 6-4 to reach the fourth round with perfect record of not dropping a single set so far. Rafael Nadal will next confront No.16 seed Paul-Henri Mathieu who has never won Nadal in his 7 career meetings with the World No.2. The past career meetings shows that Rafael Nadal stands a higher chances of securing a place in the quarterfinals but the tennis ball is round so anything can happen.
The match between No.15 seed Guillermo Canas and No.18 seed Fernando Gonzalez was really encouraging for Guillermo Canas and disappointing for Fernando Gonzalez. After Gonzalez lost the first-set tie-break to Guillermo Canas, he broke Canas in the second set and serving for the set at 5-4 but did not convert his break and allowed the Argentine Guillermo Canas to end the match earlier in straight set 7-6(6), 7-5. No.32 seed Igor Andreev dismissed qualifier Kevin Anderson who upset World No.3 Novak Djokovic in the second round. Igor Andreev will face off with Guillermo Canas to battle for a place in the quarterfinals.
No.10 seed Tomas Berdych defeated No.23 seed Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-1, 6-3 will face the next challenger, Dmitry Tursunov in the fourth round. Both the No.9 seed James Blake and No.28 seed Radek Stepanek advanced to the fourth round.
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