Cilic Scalps Scotsman

Sixteenth-seed Marin Cilic upset second-seed Andy Murray 7-5 6-2 6-2. It is best grand slam showing to date and his first breakthrough win of his career. Cilic started out the year strong with titles in Chennai and Zagreb but faded this year. The Croat picked a mighty fine time to turn things around.

Cilic will now meet Juan Martin del Potro in the quarterfinals. It will be the battle of the 20 year olds on Thursday, so it should be another good matchup. At this point, del Potro and Rafael Nadal need to send the Croat some flowers for taking out the second biggest obstacle out of the tournament.

As for Murray, he is still young and has time, but there is something about the grand slams where he just flakes out. I still think he had a great opportunity at Wimbledon and this week. I am not going to pile on because the guy is going to be skewered in the British press in the coming weeks.

In other action, Fernando Gonzalez and his forehand took out Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3-6 6-3 7-6(3) 6-3. Del Potro won the battle of the Juans by taking out Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3 6-3 6-3. The Argentine is looking good, so I definitely can see him in the final. The tournament brackets are starting to shape up nicely and interestingly.

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