French Open update.

Sorry about the delay in a update.  Had some computer issues to work out, along with some holiday laziness.

Since my last blog there has been some happenings going on, both good and bad.  So lets get back up to speed.

On the womens, the top 2 seeds went down in flames.  Venus Williams lost to Nadia Petrova in the 4th round while Serena Williams lost today in the quarterfinals to Aussie, Samantha Stosur.   Also defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova fell to Maria Kirilenko in the 3rd round... Justine Henin who I picked to win this tournament stumbled in the 4th round losing to Samantha Stosur.  Stosur has taken out the top 2 favorites in the past few days, and is looking impressive in her run to the semifinals.

So through the upsets and the rain, the womens semifinals are set.  Samantha Stosur, Jelena Jankovic, Francesca Schiavone, and Elena Dementieva, all women who have never won a Grand Slam championship, will be seeking to put their name in the record books.

Roger Federer losing to Robin Soderling was the big story of the mens tournament.  Soderling used a big serve and a huge forehand to push Federer around the court.  This was the first time I actually saw fear in Roger Federer.  He was playing "bigger" and trying to finish points early, because the big Swede, Soderling was just blistering ground strokes by him.  "The Rog" had no answers for Soderling in their quarterfinal match.  After the match in typical Roger Federer fashion he managed to find a reason why an inferior player beat him.  It couldn't be that someone played better than him that day, he chose to blame the rain and wet court, along with the wet balls....Rog, maybe you should blame taking all that time off, and not being in good form for the tournament.  Instead of pointing your finger at everything but yourself, you should look in the mirror and then place that finger in your ass.

Darkhorse and a favorite of mine David Ferrer once again came up short in a major.  He was in top form and was probably the 2nd best clay court player this year, fell to Jurgen Melzer in the 3rd round.  Little did I know that Jurgen Melzer was on a roll and would reach the semifinals with a upset win over Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals.

Tomas Berdych is playing well, beating both Andy Murray and Mikhail Youzhny to reach the semifinals.  Murray still isn't "back" but he is showing improvements in his game, and possibly reaching the form he was in last year.

Rafael Nadal continues to steamroll opponents and has not lost a set during the tournament.  This is his championship to lose.

The mens semifinals will be Robin Soderling  vs.  Tomas Berdych and Rafael Nadal  vs.  Jurgen Melzer.