<p>Monfils is playing Gulbis next. I think Gulbis has been playing pretty well this season. They both have an interesting playing style.</p>
<p>Gulbis isn’t as stupid as Monfils, so he should win easily, in three.</p>
<p>If he’s not too exhausted, Gael should win. He is the better player on dirt and Gulbis is a headcase. Should be a very entertaining match.</p>
<p>Watching Tsonga - Nieminen right now. It’s an entertaining match so far. Both are hitting hard, crisp shots. ESPN is showing three live streams - they don’t have replay on the French so I’m up early working on the 27 inch iMac with the tennis match on my other computer.</p>
<p>Tennis gods on Monfils side.</p>
<p>He lasted longer than I expected, but crashed out as I expected, winning the first two sets and then dying. Monfils.</p>
<p>And Raonic losing to a lesser version of himself.</p>
<p>Monfil’s knees must have been in pretty good shape to last this long.</p>
<p>I should check the weather over there. It’s 93 degrees here right now - that would make for a tough match.</p>
<p>Raonic lost to Anderson. Another battle of the big guys. With those guys, it’s all about getting a break or winning in the tie-breaker. Though Raonic should have made it closer. I didn’t watch - was he doing the usual “talented guy” fail thing?</p>
<p>Typical Monfils. You cannot get far in a slam when you spend so much time on court. </p>
<p>Great win for Tommy - nice to see him and his short shorts back. :)</p>
<p>The only stakes left for me are Nishikori (to lose to Nadal in the round after his match tomorrow), Tsonga (to lose to Federer or if he turns into a god… to lose to Ferrer), and Simon (to lose to whoever doesn’t suck).</p>
<p>Also Serena, who appears to be going all the way :P</p>
<p>Serena, has she even work up a sweat yet!</p>
<p>What about the re-match of Noly and Grigor?</p>
<p>Eh, I think the last match was a strategic tank for the FO.</p>
<p>Still excited to watch it tomorrow though. I’ll try to wake up at 5 to watch Nishikori, but that’s definitely not going to happen.</p>
<p>I love the weekend because I can actually watch matches!</p>
<p>Nadal/Fog had tons of drama. I hope Nadal is dead tired against Kei in their match 
And Kei is the first Japanese man in 75 years to get to round 4!
Happy to see Sam Stosur is finally doing something.</p>
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<p>And now she’s going to lose.</p>
<p>Nice win for my Tommy today - though it really was NID. </p>
<p>The women are all terrible. I can’t understand why anyone watches them.</p>
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<p>I think that womens tennis was better before the modern age.</p>
<p>BTW, I do like Schiavone’s style of play - definitely more art than power.</p>
<p>I’m also amazed that Bartoli does so well when it’s obvious that she could stand to lose a bit more than a few pounds.</p>
<p>^ I think they were never very good. ;)</p>
<p>Have you ever played a female pro?</p>
<p>What’s that got to do with anything? Almost anyone is better than me.</p>
<p>I’ve played with male and female pros. They may look like they’re not very good at playing but it’s a lot different when they’re on the other side of the court. It’s just levels of the game.</p>
<p>Well of course it is. But I am comparing the WTA with the ATP. For most of the women it’s a miracle if they manage to hold serve. Even among the best. It’s mind boggling.</p>