Nadal, Federer win, Clijsters and Li Na will today

In the same group of a grand slam for first time since 2005, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are moving toward a possible showdown in the semifinals at the open de Australia.

While defending champion Kim Clijsters and the Li Na of china be initiators in the fourth round in a reissue of the end of 2011 women. Even Federer, four time champion here, nor Nadal, who took this title in 2009, have lost a set, though the Swiss had a slightly easier way, because the German Andreas Beck was not presented in the second round due to an injury.

The ancient rivals played consecutive matches on Friday in the Rod Laver Arena. Spanish Nadal, with still bandaged right knee due to a recent injury, showed no trouble moving freely by the Court in a triumph of 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 on Lukas Lacko. Federer continued in the morning programme to overcome 7-6 (6), 7-5, 6-3 to Ivo Karlovic, after that he saved a set point u000ain the tiebreaker with a balloon passed over the bolting Croatian. Now, the Swiss will face on Sunday the Australian teenager Bernard Tomic in the fourth round.

On the other hand, the Argentine Juan Martin del Potro defeated 6-2, 6-3, 6-0 Yen-Hsun Lu of Taiwan; the German Philipp Kohlschreiber defeated 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (3) the Colombian Alejandro Falla; and Tomic eliminated 4-6, 7-6 (0), 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-3 to the Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov. The Colt will face Kohlschreiber in the fourth round

Nadal had few problems in their game against Lacko, just as I wanted. He felt a sharp pain in the knee while seated in a Chair in his hotel the weekend, a movement which feared obliging him to leave the tournament.

Will now face countryman Feliciano López, who beat 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-7 (0), 6-1 to John Isner and thus ushered the last American still with life in the branch male.

Is the first time since the beginning of u000athe open era in 1968 that no American man comes to the fourth round in the open Australia, although in 1972 and 1973 none enrolled. The last to win this tournament was André Agassi in 2003.

In the women's branch in the women's branch, Clijsters and Caroline Wozniacki,
current number one in the world, moved on to the next round.

Wozniacki has not lost any set in their quest for their first title in a grand slam. He defeated Friday 6 - 2, 6-2 the Romanian Monica Niculescu, while the third pre-selected Victoria Azarenka defeated 6-2, 6-4 to Mona Barthel.

Clijsters did their part to advance to the fourth round with a 6-3 win, 6-2 Daniela Hantuchova, and Li received the ticket without much wear and tear when the Spanish Anabel Medina Garrigues was retired in the first set of his party for a sprained ankle right.

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