A look at one of the most exciting days in the tournamt.
For the second time this year all four top seeds have made it to Grand Slam semi-finals. The matches are Nadal vs Murray and Federer vs Djokovic. The first match that I will look at is the match between Federer and Djokovic.
The third seed is looking put himself back on top of the tennis world by winning the US Open this year. He has been written off throughout the whole year and it feels that people have completely forgotten about his amazing run through to the French Open final where he managed to beat Novak Djokovic in a thriller.
Roger Federer disagrees fully with the claims and says that he has a few years left in him and you can just feel that he feels like he has something to prove today and when Federer is this determined then he can play absolutely faultless so this will certainly not be a walk in the park for the world number 1.
No doubt that Novak Djokovic is the favourite but I believe that for this tournament apart from that destroying effort against Calos Berloq he has not looked in imperious form and if Tipsarevic's leg could have held out then maybe Djokovic could've been out of the tournament!
Overall the stats show that Federer has won 14 out of 24 matches against Novak Djokovic. But this year Djokovic has won 3 out of the 4 matches. One thing is sure is that if Djokovic isn't playing great tennis then Federer will punish him.
The second semi-final of Super Saturday is Andy Murray vs Rafael Nadal for a re-match of the 2008 semi-final. Nadal is hoping to show that he is the deserved world's best and that he should be on top.
The records shows that Nadal is the overwhelming favourite because he has won 12 matches out 16 against Murray and this year Nadal has won all of the matches including the Wimbledon semi-final and Roland Garros semi-final. Also Nadal has won 5 out of 7 matches against Murray in Grand Slams. Nadal has also had a smoother journey through to this stage of the tournament than Murray.
Nadal showed in his match against Andy Roddick where he beat the American 6-2 6-3 6-1 that his huge top spin forehand is completely devastating in this tournament and that Murray will have to play the best tennis of his career to win.
One thing that is going Murray's way is that he has beaten Nadal twice out of 3 times in hard court Grand Slams. Murray is still searching for his first Grand Slam victory whereas Nadal is looking for his 11th. Nadal and Murray suspect that this could be a long drawn out match and I feel it could be a classic!
