French Open 2012 Scores: Domination by Favorites Will Continue in Men's Draw

While the women's draw at the French Open has seen tournament favorites like Victoria Azarenka, Serena Williams and Li Na all fall, the men's side has seen the favorites and higher seeds mostly advance to the quarterfinals.

Don't expect that trend to stop anytime soon.

The quarterfinals on the men's side doesn't have a single player ranked worst than No. 12 in the world, and I would guess the semifinals will be comprised of the top four players, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray.

While Murray dropped his first set to Richard Gasquet, 6-1, and was seen grimacing on more than one occasion with an aching back, he recovered and absolutely cruised the rest of the way, winning three straight sets, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2.

By the end of the match, Murray was attacking the play and reeling off some truly spectacular shots. His confidence was clearly very high, and his demeanor was cool and composed.

Will David Ferrer give Murray everything he can handle and then some?

Sure. Via ESPN, Murray holds a 5-4 edge in the series, but Ferrer has won all three of the matches played on clay. It will be an epic match, but I think Murray is simply the better player right now.

Meanwhile, Nadal barely broke a sweat while disposing of Juan Monaco, 6-2, 6-0, 6-0. But that should come as little surprise to anyone—Roland Garros is Nadal's domain, after all, and the Spaniard has only dropped 19 games in four matches thus far.

That's absurd.

And then there is the world's top-ranked player, Djokovic.

Sure, Andreas Seppi shocked everyone after he took the first two sets from Djokovic on Sunday before falling in five. And sure, Djokovic will have a tough task facing the talented Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the world's No. 5 player and the darling of the home crowd as the last French player standing.

But Djokovic won't lose to Tsonga. He's too good, too focused and too good on the biggest stages to falter now.

Finally, we must discuss Mr. Federer. I'd be pretty shocked if he fell to Juan Martin Del Potro. Federer holds an 11-2 edge head-to-head and has won both meetings on clay.

I wouldn't bet against him.

So yes, expect serve to hold and the favorites to advance to the semifinals. And if these four players advance, what a semifinals it will be.

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