A Healthy Haas Advances

Veteran Tommy Haas was able to expel the French up-and-comer Jeremy Chardy in a pretty good win at 7-5 6-3 4-6 6-4. Chardy tried to turn his luck around in the fourth set, but Haas was able to hold on for the win and get off of the court in a timely fashion.

Haas advances to the round of 16. It is his first good run at a grand slam since his quarterfinal appearance at the US Open in 2007 and his first round-of-16 appearance in a grand slam or Master Series event this year. The 31 year old battled a shoulder injury last year that caused him to miss the US and French slams. His ranking dropped to a low of 86 this year, as a result, after starting out the 2008 season ranked 12th in the world.

The current ATP world no. 63 will play Roger Federer next. Federer is currently 8-2 over Haas and is on six-consecutive winning streak -- the last two victories were walkovers -- over the German. The last time Haas beat Federer is in 2002 in the round of 16 at the Australian Open.



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