French Open: Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals at set at the French Open, and we got mostly what we expected.  The top six men are through, but only three of the top nine women.  The latter was expected simply because we expected the unexpected, especially because it's the French Open, whose last three champions were Kuznetsova, Schiavone, and Li, (and Ivanovic before that).  All four of those ladies plus '02 champ Serena, have now been eliminated.  On the men's side, the big 4 (except Nadal) have received their bumps and bruises, but they're all still here, and perhaps we're only about 42 hours from another reunion in the semis of a major.  Here are the men's and women's quarterfinalists:

Men
1) Novak Djokovic (SRB) - 20th major quarterfinal (6th at the FO), 14-5 record (3-2), 12th consecutive QF
2) Rafael Nadal (ESP) - 23rd major quarterfinal (7th at the FO), 18-4 record (6-0), 11th consecutive QF
3) Roger Federer (SUI) - 36th major quarterfinal (9th at the FO), 30-5 record (6-2), 32nd consecutive QF
4) Andy Murray (GBR) - 12th major quarterfinal (3rd at the FO), 9-2 record (1-1), 6th consecutive QF
5) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) - 7th major quarterfinal (1st at the FO), 3-3 record, last '11 US Open
6) David Ferrer (ESP) - 7th major quarterfinal (3rd at the FO), 2-4 record (0-2), 2nd consecutive QF
9) Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) - 6th major quarterfinal (2nd at the FO), 2-3 record (1-0), 2nd consecutive QF
12) Nicolas Almagro (ESP) - 3rd major quarterfinal (3rd at the FO), 0-2 record (0-2), last '10 French Open

Women
2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) - 17th major quarterfinal (6th at the FO), 13-3 record (2-3), 2nd consecutive QF
4) Petra Kvitova (CZE) - 5th major quarterfinal (1st at the FO), 3-1 record, 2nd consecutive QF
6) Samantha Stosur (AUS) - 5th major quarterfinal (3rd at the FO), 3-1 record (2-0), last '11 US Open
10) Angelique Kerber (GER) - 2nd major quarterfinal (1st at the FO), 1-0 record, last '11 US Open
15) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) - 4th major quarterfinal (2nd at the FO), 1-2 record (1-0), last '11 Wimbledon
21) Sara Errani (ITA) - 2nd major quarterfinal (1st at the FO), 0-1 record, 2nd consecutive QF
23) Kaia Kanepi (EST) - 4th major quarterfinal (2nd at the FO), 0-3 record (0-1), last '10 US Open
Q) Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) - 2nd major quarterfinal (2nd at the FO), 0-1 record (0-1), last '10 French Open

Notes:
-The men have now reached a collective 114 major QFs while the women have managed 41.
-Four '11 quarterfinalists are back on the men's side, the top 4.  Only Sharapova returns on the women's side, but four other women fell just one round short (Li, Kuznetsova, Pavlyuchenkova, Azarenka)
-Eight different nations are represented on the women's side, only six on the men's with three Spaniards

Tomorrow/Wednesday's matchups:
-Djokovic vs Tsonga
-Federer vs Del Potro
-Murray vs Ferrer
-Nadal vs Almagro
-Stosur vs Cibulkova
-Kerber vs Errani
-Kvitova vs Shvedova
-Sharapova vs Kanepi

Bon appetit!