Murray’s streak keeps on rolling in Paris

The seemingly unstoppable Scot secured a place in the quarter finals of the Paris Masters today after a straight sets victory over Spaniard Fernando Vedasco. The Britain’s streak has now increased to 14 wins after championing in Madrid and last week in St Petersburg.

The world No.4 will now face a difficult test tomorrow against defending champion David Nalbandain. The Argentine is desperate to make up one of the now two remaining places for the year ending Masters Cup. His victory over current world No.7 Juan Del Potro, will now put Nalbandian in a good position to sneak into the top eight, as his fellow countryman's place looks increasingly vulnerable.

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Andy Roddick defeated Giles Simon 6-3, 7-5 to become the sixth player to guarantee a place in Shanghai. The Frenchman could not maintain his good form which took him to the final of Madrid and will now has to rely on results going his way to be able to still book a trip to China, as he currently lies in an uncomfortable eighth in the 2008 ATP Race for Shanghai. With Simon falling, it has left an opportunity for world No.10 James Blake to capture one of the two remaining positions. The American’s victory over Phillip Kohlshreiber has though set up a tricky tie against Roger Federer.

The shock of the day came when Jo Wilfred Tsonga defeated the world No.3 Novak Djokovic in a thrilling three set match, winning 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. Tsonga demonstrated the type of aggressive Tennis which saw him reach the Australian Open final. The other top seeds though came through unscaved, including Davydenko who crushed Berdych 6-1,6-1, also Federer dispatched the young and upcoming Croat Marian Cilic 6-3, 6-4, while the world No.1 Rafael Nadal booked his place in the last eight with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Gail Monfils.

THIRD ROUND RESULTS

[1] R Nadal (ESP) d [16] G Monfils (FRA) 6-3, 6-2; [2] R Federer (SUI) d M Cilic (CRO) 6-3, 6-4; [13] J Tsonga (FRA) d [3] N Djokovic (SRB) 6-4, 1-6, 6-3; [4] A Murray (GBR) d [15] F Verdasco (ESP) 6-3, 7-6(6); [6] N Davydenko (RUS) d T Berdych (CZE) 6-1, 6-1; [7] A Roddick (USA) d [10] G Simon (FRA) 6-3, 7-5; [8] D Nalbandian (ARG) d [9] J del Potro (ARG) 6-4, 6-0;[11] J Blake (USA) d P Kohlschreiber (GER) 6-4, 6-4

TOMORROWS QUARTER FINAL DRAW

(4)Andy Murray vs. (8) David Nalbandian

(1)Rafeal Nadal vs. (6)Nikolay Davydenko

(11)James Blake vs. (2) Roger Federer

(7)Andy Roddick vs. (13)Jo-Wilfried Tsonga