More tennis, anyone? Day 32

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We had the best weather so far for the tournament. For once, we did not need our winter jackets, gloves and hats! It is strange getting to the tournament in the full sun in our jeans and long-sleeved shirts with our backpacks full of winter gear. But today the temperature stayed in the low 60's, so, we used our blanket for bleacher padding and didn't need to wear all the layers we had to wear in the previous nights.

We started by seeing Elena Dementieva, #4 seed beat the Belgian Kirsten Flipkens, 6-4, 6-2. That was followed by an exciting game between James Blake and #13 seed David Ferrer. Blake was on fire and Ferrer must have been having an off day. But, the play was fast and entertaining. Blake won in two sets. We stayed to watch a little of the Nadia Petrova match against Shuai Peng, which Petrova won handily.

Then, we went to the main stadium to see Andy Roddick beat a fiery Taiwanese player in 2 sets. But, though the score was 6-4, 6-4, Yen-Hsun Lu gave Roddick a good match that took just over an hour. Then, the stadium emptied as it was after 10 o'clock. But, we stayed to the end to see #2 seed Caroline Wozniacki beat Maria Kirilenko in a lopsided match. The crowd was so thin that everyone was invited down to courtside early in the first set, so we had great seats and didn't mind getting home after midnight.