Well, I was wrong. I really thought that Verdasco would have won the match against Djokovic and I still think that he should have won it. He had two break points/set points when Novak was serving at 4-5 15-40 but he failed to convert one of them. Then he lost the tie-break against Novak but managed to break his serve 3 times in the second set. Then he broke his serve again in the third before Novak returned the favor. Finally, he cramped late in the third set and from that point forward the match was over, Novak easily beat Verdasco after he strained his abdomen winning the fourth set 6-2.
If Verdasco, had won one of those two points at 4-5 he would have been up two sets-to-love at the start of the third set and Novak, probably wouldn't have been able to come back from that. It's kind of too bad that the match ended the way it did, I was hoping for more.
Congrats to Novak for making the semis, for the third straight year. He should give Roger a pretty good match and he definitely has the ability to upset him. I'm sticking with Roger to win it though.
Roger's quarter-final battle with Soderling, turned out to have a very surprising ending. Roger, absolutely dominated Soderling in the first two sets and played some of his vintage best tennis towards the end of the third set but Soderling kept himself, alive in the match by winning his service games in the third set and late in the tie-break he was able to seize advantage of a momentary lapse from Roger, to bring the match to 2 sets to 1. The fourth set also went to a tie-break, and Soderling, was coming on strong. Roger did manage to win the fourth set but only just barely. Soderling, played great after the second set and a match like this proves that he has the ability to beat Roger. He's just going to have to play his best tennis all the way through.
I was kind of disappointed by the Cilic vs Del Potro match. Mostly because Cilic, beat himself. He did a great job taking out Murray in the fourth round but he hit way too many unforced errors against Del Potro. 53 errors to 29 winners is a terrible stat. Del Potro, played well in this match, nothing super special but enough to win pretty cleanly after getting the break back from Cilic in the second set. Cilic, seemed to play more inconsistently as the match went on and only won 3 games in the last two sets.
As for the Nadal vs Gonzalez match, I haven't currently seen the end of it yet, because it's been suspended by rain. So far, Nadal is up 1 set to love and they're in the second set tie-break at 3-2. This match has been extremely entertaining. Gonzalez has been streaky but when his forehand has been on, it's produced some incredible winners. Rafa, has looked good, I think he's playing well enough that if he does win this match, he should be able to over-come Del Potro and make the US Open finals for the first time in his career. I'm not sure how he will do against Djokovic or Federer, in the finals. That's probably going to be the big test for him.
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