Update of This Weeks Tournaments.

The Malaysian Open has reached the quarterfinal stage.  The hardcourts in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia feature these four matchups:

Elena Dementieva  vs.  Magdalena Rybarikova  - Dementieva should easily move onto the semis

Kai-Chen Chang  vs.  Sybille Bammer - I'm not familiar with Chang, so I'll go with the sixth seeded Bammer.

Anastasia Rodionova  vs.  Alisa Kleybanova - I like Rodionova in the upset.

Ayumi Morita  vs.  Chanelle Scheepers - The tournament needs an Asian semifinalist.  I pick Morita.

The Barclay's Dubai Tennis Championship has seen a lot of upsets this week.  Andy Murray, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and Nikolay Davydenko all lost in the second round.  Marin Cilic joined the group losing in the third round to Jurgen Melzer.  They have reached the semifinals in Dubai, here are the matchups:

Jurgen Melzer  vs.  Mikhail Youzhny - If Youzhny doesn't come up lame and pusses out he will win.

Marcos Baghdatis  vs.  Novak Djokovic - Djokovic will advance in 3 sets.

The Delray Beach International Tennis Championships in Delray Beach, Florida, United States is the "shit" tournament of the week.  Featuring a fairly week field filled with jobber Americans.  The quarterfinals are set:

Ernests Gulbis  vs.  Leonardo Mayer - This is about the time Gulbis fizzles out in tourneys: My pick is Mayer

Benjamin Becker  vs.  Jarkko Nieminen - Becker will get by Nieminen in a tough match.

Mardy Fish  vs.  Jeremy Chardy - Mardy Fish sucks even though hes the defending champ.  I pick Chardy.

James Blake  vs.  Ivo Karlovic - Match of the tournament right here. Blake will win 7-6, 7-6.

Both the men and women have reached the semifinals in their respective tournaments in Acapulco, Mexico.

This is what the womens semifinals look like:

Venus Williams  vs.  Edina Gallovits - Venus will advance easily.

Carla Suarez Navarro  vs.  Polona Hercog - Carla Suarez Navarro is a good clay courter and will advance.

The mens semifinals are quite a bit more intriguing, and have much better matchups than the womens side:

Juan Monaco  vs.  Juan Carlos Ferrero - Ferrero has been on a hot streak, and he continues on to the final.

David Ferrer  vs.  Fernando Gonzalez - I'm rooting for a Ferrer victory, but "Gonzo" will be too much to handle for him.