Saturday, May 18, 2013

Rome Masters

ATP 1000 semis
Nadal – Berdych
Federer – Paire

WTA Premier semis
Williams – Halep (6-3, 6-0)
Errani – Azarenka

It's been a fun Internazionali d'Italia (Italian Open) so far, with some big surprises like Murray's early knockout and Sharapova's withdrawing from the quarters. We've seen a cool Nadal-Ferrer derby and an amazing match between Berdych and Djokovic. Seemingly defeated, Berdych fought back from 2-5 and 0-30 down in the second set to take the second set and then the third too. Easily the best match of the tournament and, perhaps, of the clay season so far.

And now let's hope for a Federer-Nadal final for old times' sake. They met once in a Rome final, seven years ago in 2006, which Nadal won in five sets and five hours. And for the record, Rafa is 12-2 on clay against Roger. (Here's the story of that epic 2006 final).


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