WEDGIES: PAIN OR PLEASURERafael Nadal will play Andy Roddick in the Pacific Life Open semi-finals after tough quarter-final victories on Thursday.
Second seed NADAL outfought Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela 7-5 7-5
In a tight contest in which both players launched huge strokes from the baseline Nadal was more secure on the big points. When Nadal gets looser fitting Capri's
[for God's sake] and stops butt-picking his wedgies, his endurance on court will increase dramatically [OR MY ENDURANCE TO WATCH HIS MATCHES WILL].
Nadal forced Chela into a backhand error to break him to 6-5 in the second set and won the match when the Argentine made another mistake on his backhand. If Chela took a few lessons from me and fixed his serve and pathetic volley, he would be a contender. That jumping backhand has to go, too!
Third seed RODDICK overcame Croatian Ivan Ljubicic 7-6 7-6.
Roddick has yet to face break point in four matches in the tournament, and Ljubicic could not threaten his service as Roddick fired 12 aces and a slew of service winners and backed them up with huge forehands.
Ljubicic fought off one set point at 6-5 with a backhand volley winner but Roddick cashed in on his second with a backhand crosscourt to clinch the tiebreak 9-7
Roddick needed four match points in a brilliantly played second set tiebreak which he won 10-8, finally closing out the match with a hard return at Ljubicic's feet.
Nadal and Roddick have not met since the Davis Cup final in 2004 in Seville, a match the Spaniard dominated a few months after the American had crushed him at the U.S. Open.
British No. 1 Andy Murray plays his quarter-final on Friday against ninth seed Tommy Haas. Serb Novak Djokovic plays Spain's David Ferrer in the other quarter-final.
TSN may broadcast the semis at 3 pm. Maybe!
Second seed NADAL outfought Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela 7-5 7-5
In a tight contest in which both players launched huge strokes from the baseline Nadal was more secure on the big points. When Nadal gets looser fitting Capri's
[for God's sake] and stops butt-picking his wedgies, his endurance on court will increase dramatically [OR MY ENDURANCE TO WATCH HIS MATCHES WILL].
Nadal forced Chela into a backhand error to break him to 6-5 in the second set and won the match when the Argentine made another mistake on his backhand. If Chela took a few lessons from me and fixed his serve and pathetic volley, he would be a contender. That jumping backhand has to go, too!
Third seed RODDICK overcame Croatian Ivan Ljubicic 7-6 7-6.
Roddick has yet to face break point in four matches in the tournament, and Ljubicic could not threaten his service as Roddick fired 12 aces and a slew of service winners and backed them up with huge forehands.
Ljubicic fought off one set point at 6-5 with a backhand volley winner but Roddick cashed in on his second with a backhand crosscourt to clinch the tiebreak 9-7
Roddick needed four match points in a brilliantly played second set tiebreak which he won 10-8, finally closing out the match with a hard return at Ljubicic's feet.
Nadal and Roddick have not met since the Davis Cup final in 2004 in Seville, a match the Spaniard dominated a few months after the American had crushed him at the U.S. Open.
British No. 1 Andy Murray plays his quarter-final on Friday against ninth seed Tommy Haas. Serb Novak Djokovic plays Spain's David Ferrer in the other quarter-final.
TSN may broadcast the semis at 3 pm. Maybe!
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