Daily Men Tennis Update – Roland Garros ( 06/04/12)

Written by: Staff on 4th June 2012

Daily Men Tennis Update - Roland Garros ( 06/04/12)

epa03249239 Andy Murray of Britain reacts during his round of 16 match against Richard Gasquet of France for the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 04 June 2012. EPA/IAN LANGSDON |

Roland Garros

Singles – Fourth Round: (2) R Nadal def. (13) J Monaco 6-2 6-0 6-0

Gee, do you think Rafael Nadal wants another title here? He leaves Juan Monaco probably #14.

Singles – Fourth Round: (4) A Murray def. (17) R Gasquet 1-6 6-4 6-1 6-2

Toward the end of the third set Andy Murray grabbed his back — and got booed for it. You probably shouldn’t look injured when you’re winning a

set 6-1 to go up two sets to one…. In any case, the back problem didn’t slow him down. We show Richard Gasquet ending up at #19.

Singles – Fourth Round: (5) J Tsonga def. (18) S Wawrinka 6-4 7-6(8-6) 3-6 3-6 6-4

There wasn’t much to the Monday part of this; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was already up a break in the fifth set. So they came back and played four more games with no surprises. Stanislas Wawrinka it appears will be #22.

Singles – Fourth Round: (6) D Ferrer def. (20) M Granollers 6-3 6-2 6-0

And so Spain’s #2 player settles the fate of Spain’s #4 player. Assuming everyone plays, the singles players on Spain’s Olympic team will be Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, Nicolas Almagro, and Fernando Verdasco. Feliciano Lopez is the first alternate; Marcel Granollers, the new #22, will be the second alternate. He might still get a doubles spot, at least.

With this, all rankings below #12 appear to be set.

Singles – Fourth Round: (9) J del Potro def. (7) T Berdych 7-6(8-6) 1-6 6-3 7-5

Once again Tomas Berdych fails to catch up with David Ferrer. Ferrer will remain #6, Berdych #7. Juan Martin del Potro’s win gives him the chance to gain on Janko Tipsarevic:

Singles – Fourth Round: (12) N Almagro def. (8) J Tipsarevic 6-4 6-4 6-4

Nicolas Almagro’s clay game is excellent. His ability to use it at big events is historically minimal. So this is a very nice win for him. It takes him past Gilles Simon and Mardy Fish to the #11 ranking. If he can somehow make the semifinal, he is Top Ten. As for Janko Tipsarevic, he is still #8 in safe points, but he will lose that spot to Juan Martin del Potro if Del Potro can make the semifinal.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: (1) Mirnyi/Nestor def. Ebden/Harrison 6-4 6-4

Still no sign of a resolution in the contest for #1….

Mixed Doubles – Quarterfinal: (7) Mirza/Bhupathi def. (2) Peschke/M Bryan 6-2 6-3

This is one of those matches where we frankly thought Mixed rankings would fail. After all, Mirza/Bhupathi would have been promoted to #5 under Mixed rankings, and Peschke/Bryan demoted to unseeded. But we thought that was because Mike Bryan hasn’t played much Mixed lately. Maybe we need to take those numbers more seriously.

Mixed Doubles – Quarterfinal: Jans-Ignacik/S Gonzalez def. Grandin/Hanley 6-4 3-6 10-5 (Match TB)

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