Saturday treated us to an incredible day of tennis. It was not full of competitive matches, but it was a day where eight players won in impressive fashion. I would put every single Saturday winner in the “Best of Saturday” section if I could. It was that impressive.

Sunday’s three early matches also produced three impressive winners, though they were not quite as dominant overall for a few reasons. Still, the way these players are winning their matches is making me very excited for the last six days of tennis. Each player left for these final rounds is bringing their best stuff to the table and it should be a lot of fun to watch.

Best of the Weekend:

Every winner:  Everyone was impressive. Rafael Nadal ran Gael Monfils ragged around the court. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga blasted compatriot Gilled Simon out of the stadium. Roger Federer reminded Teymuraz Gabashvili why he’s Roger Federer. Grigor Dimitrov looked like Roger Federer while dismantling big-serving Milos Raonic. Tomas Berdych impressively handled Kevin Anderson’s massive serve. And David Ferrer was a beast all over the court, hitting winners from everywhere around Florian Mayer. How can I say that any of these were better than any others?

Worst of the Weekend:

On the other hand, I can find people who did not impress, regardless of how their competition played.

Fabio Fognini can be a clown on court, but he can still be trying all-out to win while clowning around. That is an important distinction that many fans don’t realize. That being said, Fognini didn’t try against Djokovic. He played silly tennis in addition to doing silly things. He came into this match expecting to be blown out, and that’s what he made happen. It was an embarrassing performance from any professional, let alone one in the top 20.

David Ferrer was also in the previous category. His final two sets featured amazing tennis, where he showed the world why very few people outside the “Big Four” of Nadal, Djokovic, Murray, and Federer can beat him. However, his first two sets were fairly poor. Ferrer hit far too many bad errors and did not seem to totally be in the match. He can get away with it against many players, but once he reaches the later rounds Ferrer cannot afford slow starts to any matches.

Milos Raonic shouldn’t be faulted too much, for his opponent was playing some stellar tennis. Still, he was not quite at his best in this match. He missed far too many first serves and made too many mistakes at the net. Dimitrov still probably beats him no matter how well he played. But Raonic should have been able to do more with that match. And no one ever wants to have to face Milos Raonic’s massive serve in an advantage fifth set.  He will have been disappointed that he couldn’t get there.

Match of the Weekend:

It’s hard to pick a best match from these days. They were exhibitions of dominance, mostly. None went to a fifth set ,and no matches had any real feeling of doubt as to who would win at the end. The only match with that excitement factor was Dimitrov/Raonic. There were very few moments where it felt like Raonic could win the match. Still, when he took the fourth set to a tiebreak—and when that tiebreak went well past 6-6—it did seem that he had the advantage in the match if he could win the tiebreak. It was not meant to be, though, as Dimitrov won the last three points of the exciting tiebreak to take it 12-10.