First match of the day was facing the two Russians Nikolai Davydenko and Igor Andreev the last man to beat Nadal on clay except Federer. It was another marathon match for both Russian, and the N°4 player of the world eventually came through 6-3 4-6 7-5.Then it was the match of day between two of the best rivals in today's game. Federer was facing Argentine David Nalbandian for the 17th time of their career having the confrontation tied at 8-all but with a 2-1 advantage for Federer on clay. Lots of specialist said before this match that Nalbandian will beat Federer very easily if he plays like he did in his previous matches. It was maybe the best match of the tournament. But as all great champion do, he took his game to the next level, and after a disputed first set he cruised to victory in the last two sets 5-7 6-2 6-2.
The two top 10 Spaniard were facing off in the third QF match. Rafael Nadal was getting his first real test on clay this year against in-form David Ferrer who recently won in Valencia. In the first set the World N°2 was too strong and closed out the set quickly 6-1, then Ferrer fought back and broke Nadal serve twice in the second set leading 3-0 but couldn't keep his game this good, and let Nadal come back to win the match 6-1 7-5.After those 2 exciting matches, World N°3 and local resident Novak Djokovic was up against the young American Sam Querrey. There was no match at all as the Serb was too strong for his opponents and he won the last eight games of the match, result 6-4 6-0.
For the first time since a long time ago, the 4 top seeds were in the Semi Finals of the Masters Series of Monte-Carlo. Will we assist to the third straight final between the 2 best players of the world ? Will Federer as the top seed will win this tournament for the first time since Ivan Lendl 20 years ago ? We have to wait Sunday to know those answers.
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