Mutua Madrid Open - Thursday Matches to Watch

All the big names in action on the blue clay.

Another great day of tennis.

Men:

Fernando Verdasco vs. Rafael Nadal

Alexandr Dogolpolov vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Nicolas Almagro vs. David Ferrer

Tomas Berdych vs. Gael Monfils

Novak Djokovic vs. Stanislas Wawrinka

Women:

Lucie Safarova vs. Maria Sharapova

Caroline Wozniacki vs. Serena Williams

Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Roberta Vinci

Varvara Lepchenko vs. Anabel Medina Garrigues

Mutua Madrid Open - Monday Matches to Watch

The women are through the first round and the men are ramping up play on Monday as everyone gets a taste of the blue clay in Madrid.

Here are the matches to keep an eye on:

Women:

Elena Vesnina vs. Serena Williams - Serena gets her first taste the blue clay.

Jelena Jankovic vs. Carla Suarez Navarro

Chanelle Scheepers vs. Sara Errani

Angelique Kerber vs. Venus Williams - Should be very close.  Would be a huge win for Venus.

Samantha Stosur vs. Christina McHale

Men:

Viktor Troicki vs. Donald Young - Can Young win more than just a few games?

Sergiy Stakhovsky vs. Ryan Harrison

Igor Andreev vs. Juan Carlos Ferrero

Day 1: U.S. Open Match to Watch

Not one, but two great matches back to back on Armstrong during the afternoon session. 

Watch these two matches while Roddick is crushing Robert on Ashe.

Women's Singles - 1st Round   Daniela Hantuchova(SVK)[24] vs.   Dinara Safina(RUS)

Women's Singles - 1st Round   Samantha Stosur(AUS)[5] vs.   Elena Vesnina(RUS) These are important matches for all 4 of these competitors.  Safina has shown signs of life at the end of summer.  Stosur may have some injury isseues and Vesnina is an underachiever in my book. My picks:  Hantuchova and Stosur