Novak Djokovic - tay vot thanh cong nhat tu dau mua giai 2008 - anh: AFP

Sau gan 3 gio dong ho thi dau quyet liet, Davydenko - vua vo dich giai Miami Masters vao dau thang 4 - da chiu thua Robredo voi 3 set 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(4).

Trong khi do, tay vot so 1 the gioi nguoi Thuy Si Roger Federer co tran thang nhan ha truoc doi thu thua minh 21 bac Ivo Karlovic (22) de nang ty so doi dau voi tay vot nguoi Croatia nay len 6-0. Trong tran dau kéo dai 1 gio 33 phut, "tau toc hanh" Federer co 2 lan gianh diem break de ket thuc tran dau trong 2 set 7-6(4), 6-3.

Trong thang 4 vua qua, Federer da len ngoi tai giai Estoril mo rong va bi chan lai trong tran chung ket giai Monte Carlo Masters Series boi "vua san dat nen" Rafael Nadal. Voi viec "dai kinh dich" Nadal da noi loi chia tay voi giai, Federer nhieu tu tin se co duoc danh hieu vo dich thu 2 trong nam tai Rome. Neu thanh cong, day se la lan len ngoi thu 55 trong su nghiep cua anh.

Tay vot tao nen bat ngo lon nguoi Peru - hang 111 the gioi Luis Horna, sau khi vuot qua hat giong so 9 Richard Gasquet (Phap) o vong 1 va danh guc tay vot Argentina Jose Acasuso (41) o vong 2 da phai dung buoc phieu luu tai vong 3. Trong tran dau toi qua voi Radek Stepanek (Czech, 27) - nguoi da ha hat giong so 5 David Ferrer (Tay Ban Nha) o vong 2, Horna danh phai that thu voi ty so 3 set 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 trong 2 gio 2 phut. Stepanek vao dau tu ket voi mot hat giong khac, nhung lan nay tuong lai se kho khan hon nhieu khi doi thu sap toi cua anh khong ai khac chinh la so 1 the gioi - Federer.

Hang 3 the gioi nguoi Serbia Novak Djokovic - duoc xem la tay vot thanh cong nhat tu dau mua giai 2008 voi Grand Slam dau tien trong nam, giai Úc mo rong va giai Indian Wells Masters Series hoi thang 3 da tiep tuc khang dinh suc manh cua minh de ghi ten vao tu ket. Sau khi co tran thang nhe nhang truoc Steve Darcis (Bi, 49) o vong 2, Djokovic tiep tuc vuot qua tay vot Nga Igor Andreev (26) trong tran dau kéo dai 2 gio 42 phut voi ty so 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Thang tran nay, Djokovic nang thanh tich toan thang truoc Andreev len con so 4.

o cac tran dau khac, hai tay vot den tu My Andy Roddick (6) va James Blake (8) da dat chan vao tu ket khi lan luot vuot qua cac tay vot xep sau minh tren bang xep hang ATP. Roddick thang Simone Bolelli (Ý, 55) o 2 set 7-6(5), 6-3; con James Blake gap kho khan hon truoc Fernando Verdasco (TBN, 28), nhung cung thang voi ty so 5-7, 7-5, 6-2. Trong khi do, Juan Carlos Ferrero (TBN, 23) - nguoi vua ha "vua san dat nen" Nadal lai co mot tran dau that vong khi de thua nhanh chong truoc tay vot Thuy Si Stanislas Wawrinka (24) o 2 set 4-6, 3-6. Con hang 11 the gioi Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) da bo cuoc do chan thuong.

Nhu vay, cac cap dau tu ket duoc xac dinh nhu sau:

- Roger Federer (Thuy Si, 1) X Radek Stepanek (Czech, 27)
- Novak Djokovic (Serbia, 3) X Nicolas Almagro (TBN, 21)
- Andy Roddick (My, 6) X Tommy Robredo (TBN, 16)
- James Blake (My, 8) X Stanislas Wawrinka (Thuy Si, 24)