Last week the top four seeds all made the semifinals, and this week they have all made the quarterfinals where four hungry challengers are looking for upsets.
The top four seeds battled on Saturday in the Toronto semifinals and the best player to have not won a major will meet the king of the majors as finalists on Sunday.
Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer escaped tough matches while Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray cruised through their quarterfinal pairings and into the semifinal round at the Rogers Cup in Toronto.
The new Sam Querrey showed that his game is healthy, his skills are sharp and he will be a force on the hard court tour culminating in New York.
Friday in Los Angeles will be something special as the top four seeds have all reached the quarterfinals at the Farmer’s Classic.
Top seed Andy Murray makes his tournament debut this evening but second seed Sam Querrey had his hands full in his opener.
Tomas Berdych made the most of his 6’5” build and with one blink of the eye took control of his semifinal match against 3rd seeded Novak Djokovic.
On Friday, the top seeds all advanced in the men’s upper bracket as the game’s experienced performers moved on to the round of sixteen.
Federer, Djokovic and Davydenko escaped five set thrillers in an unforgettable Day One at Wimbledon 2010.
At The Queen’s Club in London the top six seeds are down and out as five of the tour’s biggest guns failed to pass the season’s first test on grass.