Top tennis seeds sail through to set up big clashes

By Staff Reporter 14.AUG.08 All top seeds made it through to the quarterfinals of the singles event to set up mouthwatering clashes at the Olympic tennis tournament on Wednesday. World number one Roger Federer of Switzerland beat Czech Tomas Berdych 6-3, 7-6(4) in the third round to revenge an Olympic loss in the Athens Games four years ago. Spaniard Rafael Nadal, the incoming world number one, was also barely tested in the match against Russian Igor Andreev. Nadal, who is set to take over the number one spot from Federer after the Olympic tennis event, took a while to find his footing in the beginning but finally had control of the match, outclassing Igor Andreev... [read full story]