Whose Cuisine Will Reign Supreme?

Mon dieu. The shock. Ana Ivanovic managed to win ANOTHER match. Two in a row! When was the last time that happened? The French Open, perhaps? No, wait, she got to the third round of Wimbledon, but I seriously can't remember her having consecutive victories since then. Sure, she only beat Petra Kvitova, but I have two words to say to you, and they are Julie and Coin. She's in the semis of Zurich now. I'm not used to saying 'Ana Ivanovic' and 'semis' in the same sentence, unless there's some variant of 'didn't make it' in there. Is Ana better? Is she, at least, improving? What will happen?

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She plays Venus Williams next. Now that will be interesting. Both are Grand Slam champions this year, and both have taken some interesting losses (to say the least.) Who will serve up what? Whose tennis cuisine will reign supreme, as Chairman Kaga might say? That'll be an interesting one to watch.

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Meanwhile, I have to say that I like the look of R-Fed right now. Juan Martin del Potro is on a psycho-crazy hot streak right now, and Federer spanked him pretty convincingly. I mean, it wasn't a massive blowout, but there was pretty much no way del Potro was going to win that match, and everyone knew it. That rest seems to have done the Master some good. The semi against Murray will be an interesting one, as Federer's lost to Murray a couple of times in three-set matches on hard courts... but then, the US Open is still looming large in everyone's minds, and we all know how that turned out. So I wouldn't be betting against the Federer Express. I don't know of any sane person that ever would.

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I love that three of the top four seeds are through to the Madrid semis, and the one that didn't make it was Djokovic. That puts a grin on my face, let me tell you.

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Today's Results

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Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid (Madrid)

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Roger Federer def. Juan Martin Del Potro, 6-3 6-3

Andy Murray def. Gael Monfils, 6-2 6-2

Rafael Nadal def. Feliciano Lopez, 6-4 6-4

Gilles Simon def. Ivo Karlovic, 7-6 (7-1) 4-6 7-6 (7-2)

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Tennis.com Zurich Open (Zurich)

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Ana Ivanovic def. Petra Kvitova, 6-1 6-4

Venus Williams def. Francesca Schiavone, 6-3 6-3

Flavia Pennetta def. Katarina Srebotnik, 7-5 6-2

Anabel Medina Garrigues def. Victoria Azarenka, 4-6 6-3 retired