Both Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer survived marathon matches against Jo Wilfried Tsonga and Juan Martin Del Potro respectively. Both players had to weather a storm of play from their opponents as they had to fight to survrive.
Djokovic winning the first set went down the next 2 sets with Tsonga fighting hard. Tsonga having 4 match points in the fourth set but couldn't finish off a resilient Djokovic who took the fourth set in a tie break. The Serb has shown his ability to fight to the bitter end and this could help him in the latter stages of the tournament. Tsonga fought well to take the world number 1 to five sets and revealed some of his weaknesses, but in the end Djokovic was too strong.
Federer had a tough time against the Argentine Del Potro going down 2 sets but showed his class by winning the next 3 sets fairly easily. Federer who seems to be coming into form at the right time
Federer and Djokovic face off in the semi-final which has the makings of a fantastic match.
Both players are seeming to be in fine form but do they have any answers for a rampant Spaniard in Rafael Nadal who looks in the unbeatable form on clay we are so used to. Nadal takes on fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro in the other quarterfinal.
(picture from www.Supersport.com)
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