Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic look to be on a collision course for a blockbuster final. Both of them have dominated their competition so far, although Djokovic’s competition has been significantly stouter. There are a few players left in this draw who could potentially derail the expected final, but the odds of that seem slim with the way these two are playing. Here is a look at the fourth-round highlights.

Honor Roll:

David Ferrer:  He laid a comprehensive beatdown on a big server, breaking Kevin Anderson seven times in a 6-3 6-3 6-7 6-1 victory. In fact, Ferrer won 44% of the points on the big South African’s serve. Anderson managed to hold his way to one tiebreak and win it, but that doesn’t change how much Ferrer dominated this match. The potential Nadal/Djokovic final will meet its biggest challenge when Ferrer confronts Nadal on Wednesday.

Milos Raonic:  We cannot say enough about how Raonic’s ground game has improved. He is no longer simply a massive serve and a good follow-up. The Canadian is developing into a real all-court player, as his 6-3 6-3 6-3 win over Marcel Granollers showed. His baseline game is solid, and he has improved drastically at the net. He still isn’t at the point where he can challenge top players consistently in baseline rallies, but he is definitely far from where he used to be, when baseline rallies were almost an automatic lost point for him.

Andy Murray:  Fernando Verdasco is a tough matchup for Murray anywhere, and when he is playing well probably a slight favorite on clay. Still, Murray dug deep and was impressive in his 6-4 7-5 7-6 triumph. It was a tight match all the way through, but the two-time major champion stepped up in the big moments, and that made all the difference. Murray is a tremendous fighter and will be tough for anyone to beat, even opponents better on clay.

Lost Their Homework:

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga:  The Frenchman ran into the buzzsaw that is Novak Djokovic this tournament. With the way Djokovic has been playing, it was highly unlikely that Tsonga would have won this match anyway. But he definitely has the talent to make it more competitive than a 6-1 6-4 6-1 rout. Tsonga’s apparent game plan of “hit the ball as hard as I can” did not work out at all, especially since he had trouble keeping the ball in the court. And even when he did, he couldn’t hit through Djokovic’s defense. All in all, it was a poor showing from the much-hyped Frenchman.

John Isner:  He did not play a bad match overall in a 6-4 6-4 6-4 setback against Tomas Berdych. A lot of his points from the baseline were solid. Isner definitely took a stride forward this tournament, especially on clay. However, he lost the match fairly routinely because he played three poor service games. In the first two sets each, he played a game with three or four errors. In the third set, he missed five straight first serves. These were the games that he got broken in. If your basic game plan is to get to tiebreaks and beat your opponent there, you cannot afford those poor games. They were the ultimate difference in an otherwise pretty even match.

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez: It’s hard to blame Garcia-Lopez too much for basically not showing up for a 6-0 6-2 7-5 loss to Gael Monfils. He was clearly exhausted, and he had the toughest road of anyone to get to this round. Still, it was a lackluster performance as Monfils ran all over him, and he had no response other than to hit far too many errors.

Match of the Round:

The most hyped match of the fourth round did not disappoint. Ernests Gulbis came ready to play and challenge Roger Federer. While Federer played a very good match, he never could find the extra gear that got him through so many tough matches earlier in his career.

It was a back-and-forth affair, with Gulbis going up an early break in each of the first two sets but being unable to consolidate it. Federer went up a break late in the second set, but Gulbis managed to break back as well, saving an incredible set point in the process. After the pair traded tiebreaks in the first two sets, it was a best-of-three race to the finish.

Gulbis dominated the third set, reeling off the last four games and seemingly taking all the momentum. Federer fought back, though, taking a tight fourth set and grabbing his own momentum heading into the decider. Gulbis, however, wanted little drama. He held his serve to open the set and then Federer played a relatively poor game to get broken. Gulbis held his serve from there to close out the 6-7 7-6 6-2 4-6 6-3 epic and book his place in the quarterfinals.