ONE WILL FACE IN SEMIFINALS RUSSIAN DAVYDENKO

Rafael Nadal continues demonstrating that he does not have beaten earth rival. In the quarterfinals of Rome one faced Novak Djokovic, one of the tennis players more in form of the circuit and that arrived at Italy after winning in Estoril. A very even encounter was presumed, but the power of the clay Spanish prevented a greater spectacle. 6-2 and 6-3 does not reflect the sight in the track since the Serb has been, without a doubt, rival the more duro of Nadal in earth.

The first Seth praised/poured off express with new “break” of the Spanish in the first game. If embargo, the Serbian player was not let make an impression and removed all the tennis that it has, demonstrating to be one of the rivals to consider for Roland Garros more. But by many things that tried Djokovic was not sufficient to be able to remove from the track to an incommensurable Nadal. Number two of the world was implacable in the serve, break did not yield any, and was a roller with a more and more deep right.

The second Seth demonstrated the great mentality that has Djokovic, that at no moment threw the party and it only lowered the arms before a new demonstration of the best player of beaten earth history. In 1 hour and 40 minutes, Nadal equaled the record of 75 parties followed cattles on a same surface of the John McEnroe and it put in the semifinals in which it will be moderate with the Russian Nikolay Davydenko, who previously had defeated Tommy Robredo, by 1-6, 6-3 and 6-3.

Robredo falls before Davydenko

Tommy Robredo did not manage to classify for the round of semifinals of the Masters Series of Rome, fourth TMS of the season and that disputes in the Earth beaten of the Itálico Forum, after losing before Nikolay Davydenko in three sleeves, after the Russian tennis player overcame easy a first Seth of the Spanish for definitive the 1-6, 6-3 and 6-3, that a possible crossing with Rafael Nadal in the penultimate round of the competition avoids therefore.

Robredo returned to see braking its way in the quarterfinals, in spite of beginning the party coiling to its rival by forceful a 6-1 after adding a three total of “breaks”. The antepenultimate round marks its top in the important matches during the present season, as it already happened to him in Open of Australia and the Masters Series of Miami.

The one of Hostalric did not know to maintain the intensity and the strength from the bottom of the track shown in the first sleeve, in which it chained three consecutive ruptures on the service of Davydenko to add a 6-0 partisan with whom it solved by the fast route the first Seth. The shutdown benefitted the Russian, who tempered his game and more incisor was the rest, from which it opened the second sleeve with “break”, to that later gave continuity with four new ruptures to take control of the party by a double 6-3, which the attempts invalidaron to recover the rate of the Catalan.

Davydenko, that increases to 4-1 the favorable balance on Robredo in its personal emparejamientos, after taking control of the three last crossings between both, although this one was first of 2007, prevents therefore a Spanish semifinal with Rafa Nadal and obtains its better result of the year, after the semifinals of Rotterdam and Doha, and the quarters in Australia.

Volandri does not stop

The Italian Filippo Volandri, that Thursday defeated to world-wide number one, the Swiss Roger Federer, continued with its dream and, with a triumph before the Czech Tomas Berdych (n.12), by 6-2 and 6-3, in 1 hour and 3 minutes, plansemifinales of the Masters Series of Rome.

Volandri, that manages its better east result year to not to have happened before quarterfinals (Valencia), as well as the best one in its participation in the Opened one of Italy, will be moderate in semifinals with the winner of the nocturnal duel between Fernando González (CHI, 6) and Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG). From 1978, the Opened one of Italy did not have an Italian player in the semifinals

González wins to Chela

The Chilean Fernando González overcame to the Argentinean Juan Ignacio Chela, by 6-3 and 6-4, in one hour and 51 minutes and was classified to dispute the semifinals of Rome. The Chilean played one, finalist of Opened of east Australia the year, will face in that round the Italian Filippo Volandrí, that today gave account of the Czech Tomas Berdych, by 6-2 and 6-3. It is the first time from 1998, with Marcelo then Ríos, who a Chilean player classifies itself for the semifinals of Rome.

Against Volandri, González has faced in two occasions, both in earth, with distributed victories, although always in three sets. In first, in the quarterfinals of Umag (the Croatia) the Italian prevailed. In second, two years later, in the semifinals of Vine of the Sea (Chile), the victory was for the Chilean.