Gasquet beats Roddick, Henin comes up short in semifinals
The big headlines of the day are Gasquet besting Roddick in five sets, and Henin falling to M. Bartoli. Roddick jumped out to a two set lead and got up a break in the third, but then Gasquet got rolling. Gasquet won the third and fourth sets in tiebreaks and ended up winning the fifth set 8-6. The final score was 4-6, 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 8-6. Gasquet hit 29 unforced errors to 93 winners! He plays Federer tomorrow, and Federer should have a big advantage in terms of rest. The results on the other side of the men’s bracket were:
N. Djokovic over M. Baghdatis 7-6, 7-6, 6-7, 3-6, 7-5.
Nadal over T. Berdych 7-6, 6-4, 6-2.
I addition Henin fell to Bartoli 6-1, 5-7, 1-6. Bartoli will face Venus Williams in finals.
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