Federer to Clash with Soderling in Quarter-final of US Open

Federer to clash with Soderling in quarter-final of US Open

Second seeded Roger Federer booked his place in the quarter-finals of the US Open as he took out Jurgen Melzer (13) on Monday. Federer continued his spree of not having dropped a set in the tournament, by winning 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 against his hapless opponent from Austria.

This will be Federer’s 25th consecutive quarter-final berth in Grand Slam tennis, and he will take on Sweden’s Robin Soderling. Soderling had beaten Federer in the French Open earlier this year.

Soderling did not have a great start in the fourth round against Albert Montanes as he lost the first set to the veteran Spanish player. However, he recovered well to win the next three, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 to get to the quarter-finals. Montanes had only one break-point in the whole match and he had converted it in the first set, but the Swede’s solid tennis in the rest of the match sealed his fate.

Third seeded Novak Djokovic also wasted no time in sending Mardy Fish off in straight sets and booked his quarter-final berth against Frenchman Gael Monfils. Monfils won against his countryman Richard Gasquet, in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5, 7-5.

There are four other fourth round matches to be played in the men’s singles draw. Top-seeded Rafael Nada takes on Feliciano Lopez, David Ferrer plays Fernando Verdasco, Stanislas Wawrinka bids to end the American challenge in the tournament against Sam Querrey, while Russian Mikhail Youzhny takes on the fifth remaining Spaniard in the draw, Tommy Robredo.

In the women section, top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki had an easy time against Maria Sharapova as she won 6-3, 6-4 in the fourth round. Venus Williams and Kim Clijsters also advanced to the quarter-finals of the tournament.