James Blake, Rafael Nadal To Meet Again At Miami
By Anton Lagani, Lawn Tennis Correspondent, Posted: Tuesday, April 2, 2008 9:04am CST USA
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MIAMI--(lawntennismag.com) At the Sony Ericsson Open in quarterfinal action today 2nd seeded Rafael Nadal of Spain meets 9th seeded
American James Blake in a rematch of their Indian Wells quarterfinal a week ago. Nadal won in Indian Wells 7-5, 3-6, 6-3.
In women's play today, three of four quarterfinalists are Russian as were four of all eight women who advanced to the quarterfinals.
Miami, Florida, United States March 26-April 6, 2008
$3,770,000 | Hard court Day 8 Wednesday | Quarterfinals
Women's Singles: Quarterfinals
Elena Dementieva (RUS) [10] vs. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) [4] Jankovic leads Dementieva head to head 3-2 last winning at Rome last year 6-2, 6-1, but I think Dementieva is playing better tennis
this week. If Dementieva can keep her serve above 70 or 75 miles per hour, I think she can win.
Winner: Dementieva
Men's Singles: Quarterfinals
James Blake (USA) [9] vs. Rafael Nadal (ESP) [2] In this exciting rematch of their Indian Wells quarterfinal, Blake will seek to increase his head to head lead against
Nadal from 3-1 to 4-1. Nadal's solid baseline game will be difficult to overcome, but if Blake can bring his best tennis to the court, he
should trouble Nadal.
Winner: Blake
Women's Singles: Quarterfinals
Vera Zvonareva (RUS) [19] vs. Dinara Safina (RUS) [13] Safina leads Zvonereva 5-2. Safina will attempt to overpower Vera with her hard hitting baseline game. Vera must play more aggressive
than she normally does to have any sort of chance.
Winner: Safina
Men's Singles: Quarterfinals
Tomas Berdych (CZE) [10] vs. Igor Andreev (RUS) [31] Berdych and Andreev have never met before on the ATP Tour. But Berdych, 6' 5" tall has only lost eleven games in three matches and may
be in the better form. Berdych's serve will set up this win.
Winner: Berdych
