Lleyton Hewitt AUS v Andy Roddick USA (6)
Andy Murray GBR (3) v Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP
Tommy Haas GER (24) v Novak Djokovic SRB (4)
Ivo Karlovic CRO (22) v Roger Federer SUI (2)I believe the winners will be Roddick (in 4 sets), Murray (in 3 sets), Djokovic (in 5 sets) and Federer (in 4 sets).
Andy Roddick retired from his semifinal match at the Queen's Club grass court warm-up against fellow American James Blake, who will face British citizen Andy Murray in the final. Roddick injured his ankle after he had successfully retrieved a lob from Blake and was walking in the back of the court when the freak accident occurred. The former #1 says that he does not think the injury is too serious and should not negatively impact his chances at Wimbledon, which starts June 22nd.
3-time French Open champion and one of the greatest clay court players of all time Rafael Nadal had a rare loss on clay to 2003 French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5 6-1 at the ATP Masters Tournament in Rome. World #2 Nadal has lost only twice in 105 matches on clay (his previous loss in clay before today was to World #1 Roger Federer at the 2007 Hamburg ATP Masters final). The 2008 Hamburg ATP Masters tournament starts on Monday and the 2008 French open starts on Sunday May 25th. Craig Hickman's blog has pictures of Nadal's blistered feet which could have contributed to his loss; however Ferrero was also playing hurt--last week he withdrew from the Barcelona Open (that Nadal won for the 4th consecutive year) with a groin injury.
