Again i was a lazy sod and caught the bus to the stadium. Once again it was straight to the practice court where i was greeted by a half naked Clement, very nice. He was there with Paul-Henri Mathieu & Florent Serra. Awww the lovely French accent. Once Clement put a t-shirt on i left to go to the Patio and see if i could find out the practice schedule. I saw a lady who i had got chatting to on Saturday and she informed me that Rafa was due at 11 so naturally i stayed there. 2 hours later & i have another Rafa autograph, this time my little Spanish flag.
Off i went to Stadium court and watched the 2 David's, Ferrer v Nalbandian. At this time i was feeling a bit hungry so i bought lunch, popcorn & a Corona. Decent 1st set with Nalby taking it 7-5. A bad start to the 2nd saw Ferrer take a 2-0 lead but Nalby broke straight back. Ferrer got another and held serve to take us into a 3rd set. Similar start to the 2nd set saw Nalby go 2-0 up but some shocking smashes gave back the break. At this point the sun was really hot, total contrast to yesterday so i put up my brolly to get some shade. Lost track of all the breaks by this point but Nalby gets the win 6-3 in the 3rd, woohoo David!!!!
Next up was Soderling v Gulbis and frankly i found this match rather boring. I was quite disappointed with Soderling's play, especially his serving. Anyway Robin won 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
I had over an hour to wait before the night session so i headed to Grandstand expecting to watch Gonzalez. What happened? I got onto the court at 2-1 Monfils and the match was over rather quickly after that, Gael winning 7-6 6-3. Next up was Verdasco v Schwank but i only caught the first 3 games as it was then time to go watch Federer.
First up - WTF is that shirt Roger is wearing. I would normally say take it off but in this case, keep it on!! Nice first set from both players, some more S&V play A swap of breaks (Roger to love) and we get to a TB. Again a swap of breaks gets the score to 6-6 but a break at 7-7 gave Federer his 5th set point which he takes. Some nice play from Chela in that set. 2 more breaks of serve and Federer has the 2nd set & the match 7-6, 6-3.
I didn't stay for the final match as i had a late night yesterday plus i had some washing to do (boring)
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