Tennis: Federer vs Moya; Nadal vs Hewitt, Serena loses

The dreary clay court season continues... Serena Williams lost to crafty lefty Swiss Patty Schnyder 3-6, 6-2, 7-6(5) at the Italian Open in Rome on Friday after handily beating gritty Israeli Shahar Peer in straight sets the day before. Schnyder will face Jelena Jankovic in one semifinal while Svetlana Kuznetsova faces Daniela Hantuchova in the other.

On the men's side, World #1 Roger Federer continued his recent shaky play by struggling to beat Spaniard hottie David Ferrer 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 to move into a semifinals at the German Open in Hamburg versus former Spanish hottie Carlos Moya who dismissed the heir apparent Sebian Novak Djokovic in a tough 3-setter 7-6(4), 4-6, 7-5. World #2 Rafael Nadal extended his clay streak to 80(!) match wins by defeating Chilean hottie and 2007 Australian Open finalist Fernando Gonzalez for the second time in two weeks, this time 6-4, 6-4. Nadal will play Aussie assh*le Lleyton Hewitt who took out talented youngster Nicolas Almagro in straight sets 6-3, 6-4.

Another Nadal versus Federer final on Sunday could be interesting but if Federer were to somehow win that match it might turn around his recent funky play.