When I returned a few hours later, I fully expected the match to be over. Fully expected Raja to have won in straights with maybe a tiebreak in the mix. Instead, Raja was two games from exiting stage right the day after the heretofore invincible exited stage left.
Could Haas do it?
Tommy did what Tommy is wont to do, Raja did what Raja is wont to do and in a blink, Raja was leaping in victory in front of a roaring crowd.
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His fifth career victory from two-sets-to-love down.
As Jon Wertheim tweeted, Who writes this script? A trickster, to be sure, I proclaimed.
No. 5 seed Jelena Jankovic wasn't so lucky. Sorana Cirstea rallied from a set down to outlast Jankovic 9-7 in the third, serving up a bagel in the middle set. The Romanian teenager can play. Safe to say, she exhibited stronger gonads than any of the non-elite men. Her reward? Her first Slam quarterfinal.
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Serena Williams cruised, Andy Roddick matured. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga fell, Virginie Razzano crashed. Gaël Monfils is the last French player standing.
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There's an Aussie in the final eight, too.
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When was the last time all the Serbian players were dismissed before the quarterfinals of a Slam?
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