Of course, it’s hard to call Roddick upsetting Djokovic an upset these days.  Djokovic is fast becoming a guy who has the talent to beat anyone, and either lacks the mental or physical fortitude to do it.  At the Australian Open and the French Open, Djokovic had a healthy lead over his opponents and could have closed out straight set wins to reach the semifinals of both.  Had he done so, he would have, at the very least, reached three consecutive semifinals in Slams, an impressive achievement that few others have made.

Now, Roddick had been ill and so there was some concern whether Roddick could last against Djokovic, but Roddick admitted that it was a mild case of mono and doctors claimed he was mostly over it.  In any case, Roddick had lasted well enough to beat Robin Soderling.

Roddick broke Djokovic in the middle of the first set and rode that break to a 6-4 win.  Roddick also broke early in the second set, but when he was serving for the match at 5-4, Djokovic broke back.  However, Djokovic played a poor game to go down 5-6, and although Djokovic had chances to get to break point again, Roddick served big and avoided the errors to take the second set, 7-5.

This makes 2-for-2 upsets in this half (unlike last week, where the top 4 seeds made it to the semifinals).  The upsets weren’t complete surprises.  Murray had lost to Fish two times in a row.  Roddick beat Djokovic the last three times they met (all in 2009).

Tonight, the top 2 players in the world play.  Roger Federer is number 2, but is seeded 3 since seeds come out before rankings change on Monday.  Federer has a very solid record against Davydenko, leading 13-2.  Davydenko is starting to regain some of the form he showed in the early parts of 2010, but he’s not there yet.  Federer, on the other hand, has hardly played this tournament, playing 7 games against Istomin before he retired, and having a walkover against Kohlschreiber.  Meanwhile, Davydenko worked hard in his three set win over Ferrer.

Meanwhile, Nadal takes his 6-0 record against Baghdatis.  Baghdatis can be dangerous, but much like Murray, he’s hurt by low first serve percentages which hover around 50%.  Baghdatis’s best chance is to hope that Nadal is still rusty.  Nadal nearly lost to Benneteau yesterday when Benneteau attacked with big backhands that lead to a match point in a second set tiebreak.  Benneteau cramped and Nadal won rather handily.