Montreal Rain Delay

The quarterfinal match between Andre Agassi and Gaston Gaudio at the Rogers Cup Masters was suspended after rain started pouring down midway through the first set. Earlier in the day, Rafael Nadal met Mariano Puerta in a rematch of this year's French Open final. Nadal advances to a semifinal meeting with unseeded Roddick slayer Paul-Henri Mathieu after defeating Puerta 6-3,6-1.

If Agassi wins his match versus Gaudio, he will meet either Greg Rusedski or Dominik Hrbaty in the bottom half's semifinal. If Agassi meets Nadal in the final, things should get interesting as they have never played each other yet. Can Agassi's talent of taking the ball early and being aggressive with returns trump Nadal's extreme topspin and good defense? Not if Agassi can't play his quartefinal today. If his match has to be completed tomorrow and he has to play a semifinal on top of that, who knows what his physical condition will be like by the time the final rolls around.

posted by Noelle De Guzman @ 8:40 AM