Sunning and two exciting tennis matches 3/17 Day 35

As the tennis tournament gets into the final days, there are fewer and fewer matches. So, today we didn't get to the tennis garden until 5 o'clock. We got there in time to see an exciting match on Stadium 2 between Marcos Baghdatis and Tommy Robredo. Baghdatis had the win of his life the night before over Roger Federer and we think he was just too tired. So, he lost to Robredo, but it was still an exciting match which went the distance. In the second set, it looked as if Robredo was out, but...he came back in the third. So, it ended 7-5, 0-6, 6-4 to Robredo.

We stayed in Stadium #2 despite the fact that Roddick was in the center stadium playing Jurgen Melzer. (Roddick won.) We were more interested in the match between #2 Caroline Wozniacki play #18 seed Jie Zheng, a small and explosive player. It was a thrilling match with long rallies which played the angles. There were many service breaks. Wozniacki, only 19 years old, took the first set, 6-4, but Zheng was on fire in the second set and it looked as if the balance was tipping her way. She took the set 6-4 and it looked as if Wozniacki had no answers to beat Zheng. But, in the third set, Wozniacki rallied and Zheng tired. Wozniacki took the set 6-0. We left before it was over as the conclusion looked certain.

So, we went to the main stadium to see the second set of Andy Murray versus Nicolas Almagro. Murray is one of the players we have never seen, so we were looking forward to watching him. We settled into our seats, watched Murray take the first game of the second set....and, then, disappointingly, Almagro withdrew due to an ankle injury. So, we got to see Murray for just one game. It was our first early evening. But, it was a great day anyhow, as we got to see two really exciting three-set matches.