TOMMY HAAS

Haas has picked off both red-hot Andys over the past week, beating Roddick in the second round and now Murray to reach the quarterfinals. He's also posted wins over Julien Benneteau and Fernando Verdasco.

Haas has physically had a tough time.

He broke both his ankles at separate times as a teenager and has repeatedly been hit with ankle injuries, including a freak accident at Wimbledon in 2005 when he stepped on a ball during the warm-up before his first-round match. But it's his shoulder that's given him the most serious problems -- he had two surgeries on it in 2003 and one late last year.

When his personal life makes news it usually involves a glamorous girlfriend or celebrity pal, but things took a very serious turn in 2002 when his parents were badly hurt in a motorcycle accident.

Yet somehow the former No. 2 has battled back each time, slowly working his back up to the top 20 following every setback.

"For me, every day is just important to feel kind of healthy and going out there and hit my shots and hit my serves without feeling anything in my shoulder," he said. " I need to keep telling myself that that's really the most important thing for me."

But even if the runs ends here, he's proven he's no Haas-been. The comeback trail looks like it'll head back into the top 20 once more, even though this is likely to be his last trip up this road.

Haas turns 30 next month, so there won't really be another opportunity to start from scratch. It's all about riding this shoulder repair job as far as he can before it breaks down again.