French Open Quarterfinals

I was able to see: Wawrinka over Federer in 4, Djokovic over Nadal in 3, Murray over Ferrer in 4.

Odd to me that Wawrinka, the poor man's Federer, is good enough to beat the real Federer. Federer has a way of still looking like the better player even when he's losing. Wawrinka is playing well, he's got a puncher's chance.

The first set of Djokovic-Nadal was an epic battle: Djo breaks Rafa early, Rafa breaks back, Djo saves the set in a tie-break. After that Djokovic just looked better, Nadal got no luck at all. Down two sets, Nadal didn't have the energy to get it to a fifth set. Djokovic's ability to get to each ball and make at least a decent return has officially now surpassed Nadal's. Weird to see a 5-time defending champ go out so casually but Djokovic is in an Aaron Rodgers phase: his good games look like the best games in the world. He's smart, he's quicker than you think, he's got size and reach, doesn't waste energy. I reckon he's the best left, not that he's invincible but he'll be tough to beat.

Frankly I thought Ferrer was gonna pull it out but Murray made shots. Ferrer gets to every shot (every shot), that's his thing: most guys play offense, he plays defense. But by the fourth set, Ferrer was out of gas. Cilic has a similar game (or body type, at least) to Murray and Ferrer cut him out in straight sets, but Murray made more shots than Cilic did, more than even Ferrer could keep up with. Ferrer either just got Murray's best game or prepared him for his next match against Djokovic....guess we'll find out which.  (If you're just a casual fan of tennis, you should check out the first two sets of this match, great stuff. Murray makes shots, Ferrer makes returns, each guy displayed the best of his game in this match. Ignore which one is American or married to a Kadashian, forget the politics and just watch the game of tennis get played at a high high level. Good stuff)

Didn't get to see the 5-set thriller between Tsonga and Nishikori, two good young players playing really well right now. Bet it was good. Tsonga goes on to meet Wawrinka in the Semis.

I'll take Djokovic over Murray in 4, Tsonga over Wawrinka in 4. And Djokovic over Tsonga in 3. The Nadal reign is officially over, how long will the Djokovic reign last?

Looking through a list of French Open winners, there are some Finals matches I'd love to nerd out and watch some day: 1999 (Agassi over Medvedev), 1995 (Muster over Chang), 1984 (Lendl over McEnroe), 1981 (Borg over Lendl) and 2005 Semi-final (Nadal over Federer).