US Open fourth round, Americans are gone and Verdasco looks strong

I hope you guys have been enjoying the tennis matches over Labor day weekend. Some of them were really exciting like Oudin vs Sharapova match and the Verdasco vs Haas match. Others weren't as quite as good, Nadal vs Almagaro and Federer vs Hewitt. Still, I enjoyed watching the matches in general.

Verdasco, has been doing great at the Open. His shot making has been at it's best throughout the tournament and he's managed to make the quarter-finals of a major for the second time in his career. His next opponent is Djokovic and that's going to be a really tough match for him but I actually think he has a chance. Djokovic, probably won't be able to over-power him and he doesn't really have any tools that are tremendously better than Verdasco. If Verdasco, continues his excellent shot-making and serves well, I think he's got a good chance of making the semi-finals.

Federer, started the tournament off in third gear but after losing the first set to Hewitt in his third round match, he's gradually improved his game and he's now playing pretty good tennis. Like before, I think Roger's probably going to win the US Open but if there's one player likely to upset him it's Murray.

Nadal, has seemed to be kind of inconsistent. He looked great in his match against Gasquet but he was broken 5 times when he played Almagaro. Three of those breaks came in the first set.
If he's going to make the semis again, he going to have to improve his first serve percentage and cut back on his unforced errors. He also needs to put some power into his serve and not play as defensively. Gonzalez and Tsonga, are both lurking in his quarter of the draw. They're big hitters who are capable of overpowering Nadal on the faster courts, especially when he's playing too defensively. I'm not sure how Nadal's going to do at this point. Let's wait and see how he does against Gael Monfils.