Two men's quarterfinal matches were contested Tuesday at the French Open, where world No. 1
Roger Federer overcame a second-set hiccup to defeat No. 9 seed
Tommy Robredo 7-5, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2, and No. 4
Nikolay Davydenko stopped No. 19-seeded Argentine
Guillermo Canas 7-5, 6-4, 6-4.
The first set won by Federer over Robredo was his 36th in a row won in Grand Slam play, besting the record John McEnroe set in 1984.
"If I can break some records, that's fantastic," Federer said. "But I would say that I want to stay focused on each match, each set, each point, each game...I don't lose sets 6-1 that often. I was like, okay, this could become really bad here. But it's the way it happens in tennis, 20 minutes, you play the wrong way, and it's 6-1."
Federer improved to 8-0 lifetime against Robredo, and will now face Davydenko who he is also 8-0 against.
On court Wednesday at
Roland Garros are the remainder of the men's quarterfinals in (6)
Novak Djokovic vs.
Igor Andreev, and (2)
Rafael Nadal vs. (23)
Carlos Moya.
