Thursday in Rome

After a good resting night, I went Piazza di Spagna at the Trinita dei Monti, and then at the Piazza del Popolo. Then I headed to the Vatican and the Piazza san Pierto, but I didn't go inside as the queue was too big. And the last Monument I saw was the Castello san Angelo just in front of the Vatican.

I didn't go straight at the tennis as I had to go meet my godmother to lunch with her. Then we together went at the Tennis. I missed the first match between Novak Djokovic and Igor Andreev, where the young Serb needed 3 sets and 2h42 min to won 6-3 3-6 6-3. This long match was good for me, as we arrive just in time for Federer's match against Ivo Karlovic.

As usual with the giant Croat, the first set went to a tie break which Federer won 7 points to 4. Federer who didn't convert any of the 6 break point he had in the first set, he procured himself 6 more in the second set, and converting 2 of them he was able to secure his place in the next round in just over 1h30 7-6 6-3.

Then another local hope was playing on Central court, it was recent finalist in Munich last week Simone Bolelli against Andy Roddick seeded n°6. The match was similar than the previous one, with the tie-break in the first set, but with one exchange of serve during the set. Roddick claimed the breaker by 7 pts to 5. In the second set Roddick saved the 2 break pts he faced and converted 2 of the 5 he managed to procure himself. The match ended with the same score line, 7-6 6-3, in almost 2hrs.

Then I rejoined my godmother and her husband at the Campo Uno for the second set of the match between Ferrero and Wawrinka. Ferrero might have been a little bit tired from his performance in his previous match, but Wawrinka played very well and aggressive and with no break points faced in the 2nd set he was through to the Quarter final 6-4 6-3. He will next face in a very interesting match James Blake who managed to beat Fernando Verdasco on the same stadium earlier 5-7 7-5 6-2.

We all went to a nice restaurant to eat some pastas and squid. We also made a short trip in an antique Fiat 500 bought in 1968, that was quite special !!!