Federer, Nadal roll into Wimbledon quarters
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06/30/2008 -
Wimbledon, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Roger Federer moved into his sixth
straight Wimbledon quarterfinal on Monday by handling former world No. 1
Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets, while two-time runner-up Rafael Nadal also
moved on in straights in fourth-round action at the storied All England Club.
The top-seeded and current No. 1 Federer erased the 20th-seeded Hewitt 7-6
(9-7), 6-2, 6-4 on Day 7 at the year's third Grand Slam event, while a second-
seeded Nadal cruised past helpless 17th-seeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny 6-3,
6-3, 6-1.
Following a tight first-set tiebreak, Federer wound up rolling in 1 hour, 49
minutes against the overmatched Hewitt, who was nursing a sore hip. The
sublime Swiss swatted 21 aces and held his serve throughout the match, as the
speedy Aussie went 0-for-8 on his break-point chances and had his serve broken
on three occasions.
"That first set tiebreaker really put me on the winning streak and after that
I played consistently well," Federer said.
The two-time major titlist Hewitt is the last man not named Federer to capture
Wimbledon, which he did six years ago.
Federer is now 14-7 lifetime against Hewitt, including wins in their last 12
matchups. The Swiss is 3-0 in their Wimbledon encounters and 6-0 in meetings
at majors.
The 12-time Grand Slam titlist Federer is the reigning five-time Wimbledon
champ and has won his last 38 matches at the All England Club. Bjorn Borg
holds the record with 41 consecutive wins here.
Federer's quarterfinal opponent will be capable Croat Mario Ancic, the last
man to beat the Swiss on grass. Federer is 5-1 lifetime against Ancic,
including a 1-1 mark at the AEC and a recent victory over the Croat at Roland
Garros.
'I completely underestimated him back in 2002," Federer said of Ancic. "I was
a little shellshocked and didn't know what happened to me. What it taught me
was not to underestimate any opponent."
The 26-year-old Federer hasn't lost on grass since falling against Ancic in
the opening round at Wimbledon back in 2002. The super Swiss has won 63
straight on the fast surface, including victories over Nadal in the last two
Wimbledon finals.
The reigning four-time French Open champion Nadal brushed aside Youzhny in 2
hours, 10 minutes by breaking the Russian's serve a whopping six times in 12
tries on Day 7. Youzhny could manage only one break in the setback on Court 1.
Nadal injured his right knee in the second game of the match against Youzhny,
as he slipped on some worn turf behind the baseline. He took a medical timeout
and a trainer wrapped his leg below the knee. The powerful Spaniard, however,
showed no signs of trouble after that and would dominate the bout.
"I feel something behind the knee, but it seems better," Nadal said. "I'm
going to get it checked for a precaution but I hope that I'm fine."
Nadal beat Youzhny in five sets in the fourth round here a year ago after the
Russian jumped out to a two-sets-to-none lead.
The 22-year-old Nadal is currently riding a 21-match overall winning streak,
including his first-ever grass-court title, in London, three weeks ago and a
pasting of Federer in the French Open finale.
Nadal's quarterfinal opponent on Wednesday will be heavy British crowd
favorite Andy Murray.
In one of the most entertaining men's matches of the fortnight, a 12th-seeded
Murray came all the way back to beat eighth-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet
5-7, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2, 6-4 in 3 hours, 58 minutes. Murray closed out the
bout on his second match point by firing an unreturnable serve at 9:30 p.m.
local time, this after Gasquet clearly had the better of the play through the
first two sets and a half.
Murray, appearing in his third main draw at the All England Club, will compete
in his first-ever Wimbledon quarter on Day 9 here.
A British male hasn't titled here since Fred Perry all the way back in 1936.
Former world No. 1 Marat Safin, unseeded here, continued his surprising run
with a 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 victory over 13th-seeded Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka,
the No. 9 player in the ATP rankings.
The 28-year-old currently 75th-ranked Safin is a two-time Grand Slam champion
who has never advanced beyond the quarters at Wimbledon. His round-of-eight
opponent will be tough Spanish lefthander Feliciano Lopez.
An unseeded Ancic advanced with a brilliant 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 13-11 come-
from-behind victory against 22nd-seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco on Monday.
The Croat needed 3 hours, 49 minutes to prevail, including a 1-hour, 35-minute
fifth set. Verdasco was a grass-court runner-up in Nottingham two weeks ago.
Another upset occurred when a 31st-seeded Lopez came back to bounce 10th-
seeded Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis 5-7, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 8-6. Baghdatis
reached the quarterfinals here last year and the semifinals two years ago.
Lopez will now play in his second quarterfinal here in four years.
Veteran Frenchman Arnaud Clement dismissed 19-year-old Croat Marin Cilic 6-3,
7-5, 6-2, while German veteran Rainer Schuettler snuck into the round of eight
with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) victory over Serbian Janko Tipsarevic, who
upended two-time Wimbledon runner-up Andy Roddick here last week. The 30-year-
old Clement, the 2001 Australian Open runner-up, will appear in his third
career Grand Slam quarterfinal and his first-ever Wimbledon quarter, while the
32-year-old Schuettler, the 2003 Aussie Open runner-up, will appear in his
first-ever Wimbledon quarterfinal and his second career major quarter.
Clement and Schuettler will square off here on Wednesday, as the men, in terms
of singles play, will have the day off here on Tuesday.
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NCAA Football Week 4 Game Odds (home team in CAPS)
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Date Favorite Opponent Point Spread
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Sept 21 GEORGIA TECH Virginia 17
Sept 22 NEVADA Northwestern 6.5
Sept 23 MICHIGAN Wisconsin 14
Sept 23 Minnesota PURDUE 3
Sept 23 SYRACUSE Miami (Ohio) 6.5
Sept 23 MISSOURI Ohio 21.5
Sept 23 Louisville KANSAS STATE 14
Sept 23 TENNESSEE Marshall 22
Sept 23 CLEMSON North Carolina 16.5
Sept 23 FLORIDA Kentucky 24
Sept 23 Iowa ILLINOIS 20.5
Sept 23 FLORIDA STATE Rice 30.5
Sept 23 AUBURN Buffalo 41.5
Sept 23 BOWLING GREEN Kent 7
Sept 23 NAVY Tulsa 4.5
Sept 23 VIRGINIA TECH Cincinnati 27
Sept 23 BYU Utah State 29
Sept 23 OHIO STATE Penn State 16.5
Sept 23 TEXAS Iowa State 25
Sept 23 Washington State STANFORD 10
Sept 23 CALIFORNIA Arizona State 7.5
Sept 23 UCLA WASHINGTON 3
Sept 23 INDIANA Connecticut 1.5
Sept 23 Central Michigan EASTERN MICHIGAN 4
Sept 23 WYOMING Air Force 1
Sept 23 UTEP NEW MEXICO 9.5
Sept 23 West Virginia EAST CAROLINA 21
Sept 23 Boston College NORTH CAROLINA STATE 7
Sept 23 GEORGIA Colorado 27
Sept 23 ARKANSAS Alabama 1.5
Sept 23 BAYLOR Army 11
Sept 23 WESTERN MICHIGAN Temple 28
Sept 23 MISSISSIPPI Wake Forest 2.5
Sept 23 KANSAS South Florida 5.5
Sept 23 TEXAS A&M Louisiana Tech 23.5
Sept 23 UAB Mississippi State 9.5
Sept 23 LSU Tulane 36
Sept 23 Utah SAN DIEGO STATE 6.5
Sept 23 BOISE STATE Hawaii 15
Sept 23 Notre Dame MICHIGAN STATE 3
Sept 23 USC ARIZONA U 22
Sept 23 Oklahoma State HOUSTON 1
Sept 23 OREGON STATE Idaho 23
Sept 23 OKLAHOMA Middle Tennessee State 29
Sept 23 MARYLAND Florida International 18.5
Sept 23 AKRON North Texas 17.5
Sept 23 SOUTH CAROLINA Florida Atlantic 29.5
Sept 23 NEBRASKA Troy 23
Sept 23 SMU Arkansas State 6
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