Rain caused the suspension of the Nadal-Gonzalez quarterfinal Thursday evening. The weather was worse today and caused the tournament to cancel play. Now, the Open is looking to finish the final quarterfinal tomorrow. The final has already been pushed to Monday.

Poor Rafa. This is the third grand slam where Nadal gets caught in rain delays. It happened in Wimbledon 07, US Open 08 and now US Open 09. Now, “Mr. Goat” gets to patiently rest to play him.

At Wimbledon 07, Nadal had to play every day during the second week because of the weather, and Federer received almost a week off after he played early and Haas pulled out of his fourth-round match. The Spaniard still made it to the final and almost beat him if it was not for his knees.

So when our crack "sports analysts" get on air and lecture Nadal about playing too much, they should first look at some of these tournament schedules. Nadal has been continually been on the short end of the scheduling -- and do not get me started on the draws. It has become ridiculous and unfair not to just Nadal, but to the other players. It was after Wimbledon 2007 where I became turned off by Federer because I felt he was being propped up by the scheduling at the tournaments.

Nadal will be at a great disadvantage should he make it to the final. If Federer wins the title, everyone will pretend that is was great skill when it is really that he is just better rested than the other players. Remember he was the only male player to play before the women’s match at night, which was pretty bold.

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Nikolay Davydenko took this week's title in Hamburg (SkySports)

Robby Ginepri won the Indy title this week (Miami Herald)

Tommy Haas and Juan Carlos Ferrero are ranked 20th and 34th respectively. Some order is restored (ATP)

Roger Federer is now the father of twins (Huffington Post)

Rafael Nadal is set to return in time for Rogers Cup. Yeah! The ATP needs him desperately, as the tour is pretty dull without him (Rafael Nadal)

Richard Gasquet has been cleared of charges and will return to the tour (ESPN)

Jeremy Chardy won his first career title at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart. Jeremy! Jeremy! (Mercedes Cup)

Rober Soderling captured the Swedish Open title. A Parrott-less, Filip Polasek recovered from the swine flu and won the Swedish doubles title with Jaroslav Levinsky. Polasek also made it to the final in this week's Hamburg doubles final (Swedish Open)

Spain, Croatia, Israel and the Czech Republic advanced into the Davis Cup semifinals (Davis Cup)

Roger Federer took the Wimbledon title, broke Pete Sampras' record and retained the ATP No. 1 ranking from an injured Rafael Nadal (Wimbledon)

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Thursday’s Results
Doubles Semifinals
1 B. Bryan (USA)/M. Bryan (USA) def. 9 W. Moodie (RSA)/D. Norman (BEL) 7-6(4) 7-6(3) 6-4
2 D. Nestor (CAN)/N. Zimonjic (SRB) def. J. Blake (USA)/M. Fish (USA) 5-7 3-6 6-2 7-6(3) 10-8

Friday’s Matches
Singles Semifinals
2 Roger Federer (SUI) vs. 24 Tommy Haas (GER)
3 Andy Murray (GBR) vs. 6 Andy Roddick (USA)

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Wednesday’s Results
Singles Quarterfinals
2 Roger Federer (SUI) def. 22 Ivo Karlovic(CRO) 6-3 7-5 7-6(3)
3 Andy Murray (GBR) def. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 7-5 6-3 6-2
24 Tommy Haas (GER) def. 4 Novak Djokovic (SRB) 7-5 7-6(6) 4-6 6-3
6 Andy Roddick (USA) def. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 6-3 6-7(10) 7-6(1) 4-6 6-4

Doubles Quarterfinals
9 W. Moodie (RSA)/D. Norman (BEL) def. 4 M. Bhupathi (IND)/M. Knowles(BAH) 7-6(9) 4-6 7-6(7) 5-7 6-4
J. Blake (USA)/M. Fish (USA) def. S. Aspelin (SWE)/P. Hanley (AUS) 7-6(5) 6-4 7-6(5)

Thursday’s Matches
Doubles Semifinals
1 B. Bryan (USA)/M. Bryan (USA) vs. 9 W. Moodie (RSA)/D. Norman (BEL)
2 D. Nestor (CAN)/N. Zimonjic (SRB) vs. J. Blake (USA)/M. Fish (USA)

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Tommy Haas continues his run. The German managed to upset fourth-seed Novak Djokovic 7-5 7-6(6) 4-6 6-3 and is now 2-0 over the young Serb. Haas will now meet Roger Federer in the next round.

Federer is 9-2 over Haas and is on an 8-0 run against the German. The last time the German prevailed over Federer was in the round of 16 at the Australian Open in 2002.

Haas obviously has an uphill battle to the title. The 31-year-old veteran is trying to become the first German to win since Michael Stich took the title in 1991. I always have a soft spot for the underdog, so I would love to see Tommy take it this year. Djokovic thinks it is possible:

Well, he's very aggressive player. I think he has ‑‑ even in the next match he has good chances if he serves well. He just needs to keep his consistency. Obviously, he has a good serve, good volley.

From the baseline, he hits the ball, he goes for his shots. I think he's a perfect player for this surface.

A girl can dream, right?

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Andy Murray now heads into the semifinals. He beat Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5 6-3 6-2. It was a much easier win compared to his fourth-round match against Stanislas Wawrinka.

Next up for Murray is Andy Roddick, who had a five-setter with Lleyton Hewitt. Murray leads 6-2 in their head-to-head matchup. He is trying to become the first Brit to win Wimbledon since Fred Perry raised the trophy 63 years ago.

For Juan Carlos Ferrero, he had a great run in the tournament. I hope he stays healthy and continues to do well this season. He agrees:

But anyway, I'm happy about the way I played today also. I think it wasn't very far the first two sets. So, you know, only want to play like this all the time in the next tournaments and be a little bit more regular than I was.

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Three players have caught the swine flu. All of them are doubles players. The pair of Travis Parrott and Filip Polasek are believed to have the virus, as well as Michael Mertinak who plays with Frantisek Cermak.

The tournament became aware of the situation when four ballkids were told to stay home after they were suffering from ‘flu-like’ symptoms:

Mertinak, aged 29, and Polasak, 24, were sharing a hotel room in London for the tournament while Parrott, 28, was Polasek's doubles partner. Mertinak is said to be preparing to fly home in the next couple of days.

They all went out at the second round stage of the men's doubles last week, while Mertinak withdrew from the second round of the mixed doubles because he was feeling unwell.

Last week several ball boys and girls were sent home with flu symptoms but there does not appear to have been any further outbreak of illness, according to an All England Club spokesman.

Let’s hope this is just a few isolated incidents and not an ATP outbreak.

Tuesday’s Results
Doubles Round of 16
S. Aspelin (SWE)/P. Hanley (AUS) def. 7 M. Mirnyi (BLR)/A. Ram (ISR) 6-2 6-7(3) 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 6-3
9 W. Moodie (RSA)/D. Norman (BEL) def. A. Pavel (ROU)/H. Tecau (ROU) 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-7(6) 14-12

Doubles Quarterfinals
1 B. Bryan/M. Bryan def. 5 B. Soares (BRA)/K. Ullyett (ZIM) 6-2 6-1 6-4
2 D. Nestor (CAN/N. Zimonjic (SRB) def. 8 L. Kubot (POL)/O. Marach (AUT) 6-2 6-3 6-4

Wednesday’s Matches
Singles Quarterfinals
2 Roger Federer (SUI) vs. 22 Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
3 Andy Murray (GBR) vs. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)
4 Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. 24 Tommy Haas (GER)
6 Andy Roddick (USA) vs. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)

Doubles Quarterfinals
4 M. Bhupathi (IND)/M. Knowles (BAH) vs. 9 W. Moodie (RSA)/D. Norman (BEL)
S. Aspelin (SWE)/P. Hanley (AUS) vs. J. Blake (USA)/M. Fish (USA)

Wednesday’s Order of Play

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Actor Ewan McGregor attended today's Murray-Wawrinka match.

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Monday’s Results
Singles Round of 16
2 Roger Federer (SUI) def. 13 Robin Soderling (SWE) 6-4 7-6(5) 7-6(5)
3 Andy Murray (GBR) def. 19 Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 2-6 6-3 6-3 5-7 6-3
4 Novak Djokovic (SRB) def. Dudi Sela (ISR) 6-2 6-4 6-1
6 Andy Roddick (USA) def. 20 Tomas Berdych (CZE) 7-6(4) 6-4 6-3
22 Ivo Karlovic (CRO) def. 7 Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-3 7-6(9)
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) def. 8 Gilles Simon 7-6(4) 6-3 6-2
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) def. 23 Radek Stepanek (CZE) 4-6 2-6 6-1 6-2 6-2
24 Tommy Haas (GER) def. 29 Igor Andreev (RUS) 7-6(8) 6-4 6-4

Doubles Second Round
9 W. Moodie (RSA)/D. Norman (BEL) def. I. Andreev (RUS)/E. Korolev (RUS) 7-6(2) 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4

Doubles Round of 16
1 B. Bryan/M. Bryan def. L. Friedl (CZE)/D. Skoch (CZE) 7-5 6-3 6-1
2 D. Nestor (CAN/N. Zimonjic (SRB) def. J. Delgado (GBR)/J. Marray (GBR) 7-5 6-4 6-4
4 M. Bhupathi (IND)/M. Knowles (BAH) def. P. Amritraj (IND)/A. Qureshi (PAK) 6-4 5-7 7-6(3) 6-0
5 B. Soares (BRA)/K. Ullyett (ZIM) def. R. Wassen (NED)/I. Zelenay (SVK) 6-4 7-6(2) 7-6(4)
8 L. Kubot (POL)/O. Marach (AUT) def. C. Kas (GER)/V. Troicki (SRB) 6-7(2) 7-6(4) 6-1 6-3
J. Blake (USA)/M. Fish (USA) def. 15 M. Damm (CZE)/R. Lindstedt (SWE) 6-3 7-6(4) 6-7(4) 6-4
7 M. Mirnyi (BLR)/A. Ram (ISR) vs. S. Aspelin (SWE)/P. Hanley (AUS) To Finish 2-6 7-6(3) 6-7(5) 7-6(2) 2-2

Tuesday’s Matches
Doubles Round of 16
7 M. Mirnyi (BLR)/A. Ram (ISR) vs. S. Aspelin (SWE)/P. Hanley (AUS) To Finish 2-6 7-6(3) 6-7(5) 7-6(2) 2-2
9 W. Moodie (RSA)/D. Norman (BEL) vs. A. Pavel (ROU)/H. Tecau (ROU)

Doubles Quarterfinals
1 B. Bryan/M. Bryan vs. 5 B. Soares (BRA)/K. Ullyett (ZIM)
2 D. Nestor (CAN/N. Zimonjic (SRB) vs. 8 L. Kubot (POL)/O. Marach (AUT)

Tuesday’s Order of Play

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Stanislas Wawrinka tested the Scotsman in a five-set thriller that ended at 10:38 PM. To avoid suspending the match, the tournament put its new roof to use by closing it and turning on the lights. It was essentially Wimbledon's first late night match.

In the end, Andy Murray prevailed 2-6 6-3 6-3 5-7 6-3 after withstanding the Swiss onslaught in just under four hours of play. The match was a good challenge for the World No. 3 and should be a good tuneup for his possible final matchup with Roger Federer. Murray will first meet Juan Carlos Ferrero in the quarterfinals.

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Another old-school favorite has advanced into the quarterfinals. Juan Carlos Ferrero took care of Gilles Simon 7-6(4) 6-3 6-2 pretty convincingly. Both players have struggled of late, but both really began playing their way into the tournament last week.

Ferrero and Simon have similar playing styles. Both are great counterpunchers who like to play their opponents off the court. The two players also have great movement on the court. A negative for both players is that they tend to hang out on the baseline when they get into trouble. Today, Ferrero was better at all of their positive attributes and did not fall back on his heels. In fact, the 29-year-old Spaniard was pretty aggressive.

At first, Simon came out and was executing his game plan better. He managed to break Ferrero and serve for the first set, but Ferrero stepped up his game to eventually break Simon back. Like in his last match, he was able to pick apart and outplay the French Musketeer. Ferrero evened the set at 5-5 and was able to take the set to a tiebreak, where he snatched the set from Simon at 7-4. With a set under his belt, the former French Open champion sailed smoothly to the finish line.

Ferrero will have the large task of playing Andy Murray. Murray is heavily favored to meet Roger Federer in the finals. The Scotsman leads their matchup 1-0. In their only meeting, Murray beat Ferrero in the semifinal of this year’s Queen's Club tournament. We shall see if Ferrero will be able to exact revenge or if he allows the odds and history steamroll him.

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Tommy Haas continues to prevail in a march that began with his round of 16 appearance at Roland Garros and continued with his title in Halle a couple of weeks ago. Now, the German veteran has improved on his French grand slam appearance by advancing into the Wimbledon quarterfinal. He beat Igor Andreev 7-6(8) 6-4 6-4.

Haas now draws a tricky matchup with Novak Djokovic in the next round. Djokovic leads their head-to-head matchup 2-1. The 31-year-old veteran won their last meeting in Halle this year, when Haas stunned the Serb for the title. We shall see if the German's win was an aberration or a trend. Wednesday’s rematch should be titillating.

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Gilles Simon, Radek Stepanek and Fernando Verdasco were all upset today. All faced dangerous players, but ultimately they all allowed their opponents to get the better of them and ended up being sent home.

Simon was stunned by Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-6(4) 6-3 6-2. The Frenchman had been playing better lately, but he allowed the Spaniard outplay him for a berth in the quarterfinals.

Stepanek was in the drivers seat for much of his match with Lleyton Hewitt. The Czech was up two sets, but the veteran Aussie managed to turn his fortunes around. He rallied to stun Stepanek 4-6 2-6 6-1 6-2 6-2 in just under three hours of play.

Verdasco was undone by Ivo Karlovic, who has yet to be broken in the entire tournament. The Croat's serve continued its steamroll. He rained down 35 aces on Verdasco. Karlovic ended up upsetting the Spaniard 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-3 7-6(9).

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Monday’s Matches
Singles Round of 16
2 Roger Federer (SUI) vs. 13 Robin Soderling (SWE)
3 Andy Murray (GBR) vs. 19 Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
4 Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. Dudi Sela (ISR)
6 Andy Roddick (USA) vs. 20 Tomas Berdych (CZE)
7 Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs. 22 Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
8 Gilles Simon (FRA) vs. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)
23 Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
24 Tommy Haas (GER) vs. 29 Igor Andreev (RUS)

Doubles Second Round
9 W. Moodie (RSA)/D. Norman (BEL) vs. I. Andreev (RUS)/E. Korolev (RUS)

Doubles Round of 16
1 B. Bryan/M. Bryan vs. L. Friedl (CZE)/D. Skoch (CZE)
2 D. Nestor (CAN/N. Zimonjic (SRB) vs. J. Delgado (GBR)/J. Marray (GBR)
4 M. Bhupathi (IND)/M. Knowles (BAH) vs. P. Amritraj (IND)/A. Qureshi (PAK)
5 B. Soares (BRA)/K. Ullyett (ZIM) vs. R. Wassen (NED)/I. Zelenay (SVK)
7 M. Mirnyi (BLR)/A. Ram (ISR) vs. S. Aspelin (SWE)/P. Hanley (AUS)
8 L. Kubot (POL)/O. Marach (AUT) vs. C. Kas (GER)/V. Troicki (SRB)
15 M. Damm (CZE)/R. Lindstedt (SWE) vs. J. Blake (USA)/M. Fish (USA)

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Increased contact between the boys and girls tours spurs more love connections (WSJ)

Wimbledon misses Nadal. No kidding! Though, Tommy Haas and Juan Carlos are doing their darnedest to fill the void (Bangkok Post)

Nadal has more heartache. Pobrecito! (Daily Mail)

Suspect betting patterns hit Wimbledon (CBS Sports)

Nicolas Kiefer is not a fan of gossip (Croatian Times)

Saturday’s Results
Singles Third Round
3 Andy Murray (GBR) def. 30 Viktor Troicki (SRB) 6-2 6-3 6-4
6 Andy Roddick (USA) def. 26 Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 7-6(2) 7-6(2) 4-6 6-3
8 Gilles Simon (FRA) def. Victor Hanescu (ROU) 6-2 7-5 6-2
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) def. 10 Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) 4-6 7-5 6-4 4-6 6-4
24 Tommy Haas (GER) def. 11 Marin Cilic (CRO) 7-5 7-5 1-6 6-7(3) 10-8
20 Tomas Berdych (CZE) def. 12 Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 6-2 6-3 6-2
23 Radek Stepanek (CZE) def. 16 David Ferrer (ESP) 7-5 7-5 3-6 4-6 6-4
19 Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) def. Jesse Levine (USA) 5-7 7-5 6-3 6-3
29 Igor Andreev (RUS) def. Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-1 7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(5)
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) def. Philipp Petzschner (GER) 7-5 7-6(3) 6-3

Doubles Second Round
S. Aspelin (SWE)/P. Hanley (AUS) def. 10 T. Parrott (USA)/F. Polasek (SVK) 7-5 6-7(1) 6-2 6-3
L. Friedl (CZE)/D. Skoch (CZE) def. Chris Eaton (GBR)/A. Slabinsky (GBR) 6-4 6-3 7-6(0)
J. Blake (USA)/M. Fish (USA) def. Arnaud Clement (FRA)/M. Gicquel (FRA) 6-3 6-4 6-2

Monday's Order of Play

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Tommy Haas and Juan Carlos Ferrero both upset seeded players to advance into the second week of Wimbledon. Both players have had problems with injuries and have not consistently played on tour over the last couple of years. Now, it seems both players have put together runs that have now moved them into the round of 16.

Tommy Haas concluded his epic match with eleventh-seed Marin Cilic by upsetting the Croat 7-5 7-5 1-6 6-7(3) 10-8 after 4 hours and 28 minutes of play over two days. The last six games of their match were played today.

The German will meet Igor Andreev on Monday. Andreev leads their head-to-head 1-0, but it was a Davis Cup match on clay in 2007. Haas has played well since Roland Garros and went on a tear during the grass-court season. Their rematch should be an exciting one.

Juan Carlos Ferrero ended up getting into the other exciting match today with tenth-seed Fernando Gonzalez – even though Boris Becker kept calling him Francisco if you were watching it online. Ferrero upset the Chilean 4-6 7-5 6-4 4-6 6-4 after 3 hours and 1 minute of play.

Gonzalez, who is known for his big forehand and serve, pummeled Ferrero throughout the match. Instead of relinquishing the match to Gonzalez, Ferrero went for his shots and managed to outmaneuver his opponent on the court. Gonzalez rained down 24 aces on the Spaniard and held his serve easily, but Ferrero took care of his serve and broke when he needed to.

Ferrero will now meet play Gilles Simon in the round of 16. Surprisingly the two players have never played in ATP competition. Both players are playing well, so it should be a good one.

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Gilles Simon had a really solid match today. It was probably the best his played in months. He had a routine win over Victor Hanescu 6-2 7-5 6-2. The last Frenchman in the draw now advances to play Juan Carlos Ferrero.

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There are quite a few today:

Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) def. 10 Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) 4-6 7-5 6-4 4-6 6-4
24 Tommy Haas (GER) def. 11 Marin Cilic (CRO) 7-5 7-5 1-6 6-7(3) 10-8
20 Tomas Berdych (CZE) def. 12 Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 6-2 6-3 6-2
23 Radek Stepanek (CZE) def. 16 David Ferrer (ESP) 7-5 7-5 3-6 4-6 6-4

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