US Updates

Juicy!! The players are whittling down (well, the players aren't whittling down, obviously, that would be weird, but the number of players... oh, you know what I mean) and it's fast approaching the nitty gritty end of a Slam. I love this time. Only the elite left; the players on form; could be anyone's.

Wawrinka has carried on his impressive form to beat Sam Querrey in five tense sets. He's looking good although he had to have his thigh strapped during the match. It didn't seem to hamper him too badly, here's hoping that it's nothing that'll effect his next match (against Youzhny who beat Robredo in four).

That's one quarter final, another is GoNads, who comfortably saw off Lopez in straight sets, against Verdasco, who not-so-comfortably eventually defeated a red-hot Ferrer. Another five setter. This tournament has been full of them. So GoNads v. Tobasco... fancy a 2009 Aussie Open semi-final repeat? Yes please!

The other two quarters are even better - The Fed vs. The Sod (again again!) and Djoko vs. Majestic Monfils. I can't decide which one of those I'm looking forward to more.

You have to admit those are four juicy matches. Can't wait!

And over to the ladies. Semi finals: Clijsters v. Venus and Zvonareva/Kanepi vs. Wozniacki/Cibulkova. I predict Zvonareva v. Wozniacki.

Ok, so I'm going to make my predictions now. They're never right so what do I have to lose. Ok... Fed and Woz. There you go. I have a feeling Fed is more hopeful than anything but I wanted to say Clijsters for the ladies so I've got one heart prediction and one head prediction. That seems sensible.

What do I want? Fed and Clijsters.

What do I really think will happen? GoNads and Woz.

I'll keep you blogged...