Holy whoa! What have we got going on Court 11?! Fernando Verdasco and Mario Ancic are in an old-fashioned brawl. Verdasco won the first two sets 6-3, 6-4, but Ancic counter-punched by winning the next two sets 6-4, 6-3. Neither one is giving way in the fifth set; they’re deadlocked at 9-all. Man, I wish I was there.

How ’bout my girl Jelena? Yeah. Le sigh. Jelena Jankovic didn’t do much of anything in a piddly, po-dunk match against Tamarine Tanasugarn. T-squared gave the second-ranked Serb the boot 6-3, 6-2. I may end up having two today, but early morning Slacker of the Day honors have to go to JJ.

Both Serena and Venus Williams moved into the quarters with ease and the path to an all-Williams’ final is looking pretty sweet for the duo. Gosh, it’ll be like rolling back the clock a few years.

And Nicole Vaidisova, not at all known for her mental strength, came from a set down to move past Anna Chakvetadze for a quarterfinal berth.

The round of 16 – so very exciting – so very many matches and so very much drama!

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Chakvetadze had to call in the trainer after losing the second set for a shoulder injury and managed to pull it together to eke out the win.

Before Chakvetadze climbed into the ring with Szavay, she took out Amelie Mauresmo (the former No. 1 – when she used to play well – when she won things…not like these days) and Marion Bartoli.

Glad to see Chakvetadze win something. Seriously. She’s No. 7 in the world. I expect her to do something with her life, get some results, do something to keep her place in the top 10. Call me crazy, but – you gotta work it to keep it.

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