French Open Highlights day 8

The men

1) Nishikori loses – to a very hat Richard Gasquet.  Murray will now not have to beat Nishikori and Djokovic to win, but he will likely have to tanglw with Wawrinka, who won today over an injured Troicki. :

2) Murray wins.  He beat Isner who, all things considered, had a good tournament.  Isner had a set point on his own serve in the first set tiebreak but failed to convert.

3) Raonic loses.  Albert Ramos-Vinolas, a clay courter ranked 55 beat him.  This is unusual for Raonic, who generally does not lose matches he’s “supposed” to win.

So, it’s Murray-Gasquet and Wawrinka-Ramos Vinolas in the next round of the bottom half.

Top half tomorrow.  Keep an eye on Dominic Thiem.  If he reaches the semis, he might make Djokovic’ life interesting.

The women

1) Shelby Rogers wins again!  The 23 year-old, ranked 108, beat the 25^th seeded 25^th and ranked 28.  That’s three seeded players in one week.  She will have to face another seed, Garbine Muguruza in the next round, who looked awesome in defeating Svetlana Kuznetzova in straight sets.

In unfinished matches, Halep and Aggie Radwanska are both winning.  If all goes as expected, Radwanska will play Halep, and the winner will face Muguruza in the semis. 

In the other half, tomorrow’s match between Venus Williams and Timea Bacsinszky might be interesting.  I pick Timea in that one.  Madison Keys will play Kiki Bertens, who beat the rising star Kasatkina in the previous round.  Because Keys has all of the tools needed to win a slam, she is worth keeping