Big Guns Through

Another rain-free day of tennis in Beijing today. No major upsets for the big-guns of tennis with all 3 mens top-seeds making it through to the next round.

Roger Federer avenged his second-round defeat in Athens 4 years ago when he beat Tomas Berdych in stright sets, 6-3 7-6. Meanwhile, Spain's Raphael Nadal posted an easy 6-4 6-2 victory over Russian, Igor Andreev, while 3rd-seed, Novak Djokovic overcame Mikhail Youzhny, 7-6 6-3.

James Blake and Fernando Gonzalez also move to the next round.

On the women's side, China's hope of Olympic glory sufferred a blow when 2008 Wimbledon semi-finalist, Zheng Jie was overcome by the power play of in-form Russian, Dinara Safina, 4-6 3-6. Li Na is still in the running with her 3-set win over Kanepi of Estonia.

The William's Sisters, Jankovic and Dementieva all moved to the quater-finals.

Day 5 should be a better day for tennis-viewers because it's being shown on Astro Supersport. Transmission starts at 10.15am, Malaysian Time (see Astro Channel 826 for details).