Poor Andy Roddick, he of the previously unreturnable serve, was the merest shadow of his former self as he was destroyed by the second best Swiss player, Stanislas Wawrinka, in straight sets. Roddick simply had no answer to a player who, while being very good, has never really troubled the world's best, and Roddick must now be contemplating a future in which he will find tennis increasingly frustrating.
For Wawrinka, he can now look forward to a quarter-final against the best Swiss player in the world, Roger Federer, with every expectation that he will give his compatriot a severe test. Whatever the bookies are saying, this could be the turning point for Federer too; being number 2 in the world may be acceptable to the great man, but being beaten by a player who is only the second best in Switzerland might be a step too far. Should Roger lose to his fellow Swiss, might we then see him 'considering his future' ?
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