Round of 16 at Wimbledon

I have to admit, I'm surprised that all 4 of the top seeds are through to the second week. These guys, have struggled and struggled, through their fare share of 5 setters, but they're all still alive and ready to go from the looks of things.

Nadal's match against Paul Henri-Mathieu, showed some noticeable improvements in the Spaniard's game. Rafa's forehand was very good this time around and he served into the 120s. He also, won 47% of the returns off Mathieu's serve. If there was one area that he could have improved, it would have been on converting the break points. Nadal, only managed to get 5 for 15, a good number but still a little lacking. He looks set for the quarters against Soderling, who was nearly beaten by Rafa's compatriot David Ferrer.

Ferrer, has never really done well on grass. In fact this was only the second time in his career, that he's reached the fourth round at Wimbledon. As for the match, he did a nice job playing against Soderling. When his first serve percentage was high, he was able to cruise through the match. His second serve was a different story though. He didn't put enough on the ball and allowed Soderling, to attack it with ease, which explains why Soderling broke him 6 times in the match. Robin, did get the win after 5 sets but I would have like to have seen a cleaner performance from him. His unforced were a bit too high today. He'll need to clean that up, if he wants to have a chance to beat Nadal in the quarters.

The biggest surprise of the day, turned out to be Andy Roddick's downfall at the hands of Yen-Hsun Lu. This, was the first time that I had ever seen Lu, play and while I admit his win was impressive and well deserved, it was also highly unexpected. Lu, doesn't have any real weapons, to threaten Roddick. He doesn't hit big, he doesn't serve hard, but he does play a very smart game. And when he see's an opportunity, he goes for it.

Lu, served very well, in both tie-breaks and I was impressed by how easily, he was able to win points against, Roddick by going for placement rather than brute force. Lu, was the better man today. I don't expect he'll make it much further though, as he now must face Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer back to back.

Djokovic's form, has been improving steadily and I can't see him losing to Lu, unless something goes wrong. Perhaps, there's a small glimmer of hope, given Lu's win over Roddick but really this is Novak's match to lose.