Despite a shakey first round match against Marcos Daniels, Nadal, is now into the fourth round after dismantling Lleyton Hewitt 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 in just under two hours. Federer, now hopes to join him in the round of 16 but first he's going to have to get past Paul-Henri Mathieu. Mathieu, is the first seed that Federer will have to face, so far in the tournament. He's good on clay and took Nadal to 4 sets a few years ago at the French. If Roger isn't on his game or he starts to beat himself then Mathieu may upset the Swiss player.
As surprising as this may sound, I like Roddick's chances of getting into the quarter-finals. Only Marc Gicquel and Gael Monfils stand in his way. Roddick should be able to beat Gicquel without any problems but Monfils could be another story. Last year Monfils reach the semi-finals and his game is perfectly suited to clay. However, he's also injury prone. This will be a tough match for Roddick but if he can do it, he'll be in his first ever French Open quarter-final where he will face...Roger Federer. Losing to Federer is something that Roddick is familiar with, so one more loss shouldn't bother him too much. Making the quarter-finals would be great for Roddick anyway as he's only made the third round at the French Open once in his career.
Davydenko, Wawrinka and Soderling are other threats lurking in Nadal's half of the draw. It would be interesting to see Nadal re-new his bitter rivalry with Soderling. Neither player likes the other one, just check out this video and you'll see what I mean:
Anyway, I hope to see some more great tennis at Roland Garros, next week. I'll be back soon with my opinion on where things stand at the French.:D
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