Apocalypse at the French

The world is coming to an end; well only if you are a Nadal fan it is.

For all of you who said you knew it was going to happen, that Nadal was only human, you have achieved bragging rights. But lets be serious with ourselves we didn't think it was going to happen this year, not even next year. It had appeared that Nadal was unbeatable he beat Federer at the Australian Open earlier in the year on hardcourt and beat him on his own territory at Wimbledon in 2008, it was almost a given that he was going to win at Roldan Garros, where he has won for the past four years. We were only really watching the French Open to see who would give Nadal a good run for his money, maybe Murray, or Verdasco (who also lost today) but not Robin Soderling the number 23 seed.

So now what? The question on everyone's mind is who is going to win now?

If you are French then your chances are looking good with two Frenchmen left in the tournament, Monfils and Tsonga who are both looking very good on clay and have the homecourt advantage.

If you are American and/or a fan of Andy Roddick then you may be liking your chances, he has already surprised us by getting into the second week for the first time in his career. He is looking fitter and can no longer be labeled as the dumbest American player; that award goes to Blake. Unfortunately for all you fans, Roddick has to play Monfils who will definitely have the crowd behind him, but don't give up hope, maybe Roddick will surprise us again.

If you are British then Andy Murray is looking promising. He may not have been able to win at Wimbledon but I'm sure the Brits will settle for a win at Roldan Garros. He has to play Gonzalez next who has been playing quite well all year, but if Murray continues to hit the angles that he has been using all tournament, which are extremely effective on clay then we might see a British Champion.

And of course who can forget about Federer, who has been flying below the radar for the majority of the tournament. He has been winning pretty easily but we have been expecting that from him. We just assumed he would get to the finals and then lose to Nadal, which has become a trend. Now with Nadal out of the tournament this could be Federer's year to finally win at France and join that list of greats who have won every single grand slam title.

Although I don't know who is going to win I do know one thing for sure, the French Open just got a lot more interesting.