So far this years Rodgers Cup has been pretty conventional. The top 11 seeds have advanced to the 3rd round, and no major upsets have been delivered. The only upset that has been dealt was to Tommy Robredo (15) in his 7-5 6-3 loss against unseeded Phillip Petzschener from Germany. However, the lack of upsets is not to say there hasn't been good tennis. In the second round, Federer fought off a tough Canadian wild card 7-6(3) 6-4, while Novak Djokavic fought off an unseeded Peter Polansky from Canada 7-6(6) 6-4. The only person who has truely had a cakewalk is Rafael Nadal (2). Nadal recieved a bye the first round and was set to play his fellow countryman David Ferrer when he retired due to injury at 4-3 in the first set, advancing Nadal to the 3rd round without completing a set.
Keep your eye on the following match ups for the 3rd round for some good tennis:
Nikolay Davydenko (8) vs. Fernando Gonzales (11)
Giles Simon (9) vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (7)
Rodger Federer (1) vs. Stanislaus Warwinka
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