It’s Cilic vs. Murray

Andy Murray took out Rafael Nadal 6-3 7-6(2) 3-0. Murray was in the lead when Nadal retired in the third set with more of his dreaded knee problems. With the retirement, Murray secured his spot in the semifinals.

Nadal will drop to the third or fourth spot in the rankings next week since he will lose points for not successfully defending his title this year. Let’s hope the former no. 1 gets better to defend the rest of his titles this year. Poor thing.

On the other side, Marin Cilic upset Andy Roddick 7-6(4) 6-3 3-6 2-6 6-3 after 3 hours and 50 minutes of play. This is the Croat’s first grand-slam semifinal appearance of his short career.
Cilic will now face Andy Murray in the first semifinal on the men’s side. Murray leads their head-to-head 3-1, but the 6’6” Croat won their last meeting at the US Open in the round of 16.

The outcome of this semifinal is not a forgone conclusion. On paper, Murray should win. He has the experience, and he has been playing well these last two weeks. The Scotsman has come up short in the grand slams, and it is beginning to look like a mental block. It is a just matter of whether Cilic can turn it up to another level and upset another top player or if Murray can overcome his grand slam jitters. It’s a toss up.

Tuesday's Results
Singles Quarterfinals
5 Andy Murray (GBR) def. 2 Rafael Nadal (ESP) 6-3 7-6(2) 3-0 RET. (right knee)
14 Marin Cilic (CRO) def. 7 Andy Roddick (USA) 7-6(4) 6-3 3-6 2-6 6-3

Doubles Third Round
I. Karlovic (CRO)/D. Vemic (SRB) def. 5 L. Kubot (POL)/O. Marach (AUT) 2-6 7-6(11) 7-6(4)

Doubles Quarterfinals
1 B. Bryan (USA)/M. Bryan (USA) def. E. Butorac (USA)/R. Ram (USA) 7-5 4-6 7-6(2)
M. Kohlmann (GER)/J. Nieminen (FIN) def. F. Gonzalez (CHI)/I. Ljubicic (CRO) 4-6 6-1 2-0 RET. (Ljubicic: right thigh)

Wednesday’s Matches
Singles Quarterfinals
1 Roger Federer (SUI) vs. 6 Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)
3 Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. 10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)

Doubles Quarterfinals
2 D. Nestor (CAN)/N. Zimonjic (SRB) vs. A. Clement (FRA)/J. Erlich (ISR)
3 L. Dlouhy (CZE)/L. Paes (IND) vs. I. Karlovic (CRO)/D. Vemic (SRB)

Wednesday’s Order of Play

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