Tennis Update
April 24, 2009 11:00 am TennisAlthough it was expected, it was also surprising to see world class players including world number ones Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams, Andy Murray and Venus Williams all struggle but advanced Monday at the ATP and WTA hardcourt tournament in Miami.
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Nadal, the Australian Open champion was obviously unhappy with his performance, but still managed to reach the fourth round after taking out Portugal’s Frederico Gil. His next opponent will be either Swiss 16th seed Stanislas Wawrinka or Russian 20th seed Igor Andreev.
Murray, who is ranked fourth also advanced to the last 16 by defeating Chilean Nicolas Massu, and he will be taking on Serbian Viktor Troicki. The William sisters each will need three sets to advance into the women’s quarter finals. Serena managed to outlast China’s 17th seeded Zheng Jie and progress into the game to match up against either China’s Li Na or Russian Ekaterina MAkarova.
It appears for some particular reason, all the world number ones have problem living up to their names in this game. Nadal wasn’t polished in his usual way. Serena Williams frustratingly said that she had a lot of errors.
What will be interesting will be seeing reigning Wimbledon champion Williams meeting her top ranked sister Serena in a Miami semi –final.
Australian Samantha Stosur who is ranked 42nd continued progressing into the quarter finals by taking out French 20th seed Amelie Mauresmo. Danish 13th seed Caroline Wozniacki took the hard earned game against Elena Dementieva and also progressed into the quarter finals.