"Nadal refuses to name Murray as his successor" screamed the headline of the Evening News, one of Edinburgh's newspapers, on Monday.
The story was, of course, referring to the fact that Nadal, when asked who he would like to see win the French Open now that he could not, named Roger Federer before adding in Nikolay Davydenko and Juan Martin Del Potro.
Federer was an obvious choice seeing as he is world number two, he did beat him on clay in Madrid recently and he did contest the final against him last year - convincing points for any argument.
However, there are plenty of others capable of triumphing on clay remaining in the draw - and Andy Murray would not be among my first picks.
The Scot did remarkably well to make it into the second week considering his preparations and indeed admitted as much himself. Clay is not his most natural surface and in Fernando Gonzalez he faces an incredible challenge in his last-eight clash.
The man who deserves all the credit for ending Nadal’s run at Roland Garros is Robin Soderling. It is one thing to beat a man who is having an off day; it’s quite another, however, to beat a champion who is very much on song even if just a little off pitch perfect.
The Swede was, in one word, superb. He out ‘Nadal’ed Nadal by going for his shots, fighting for every point and using his victories to spur him onwards to the win.
It was not such an easy day for Federer in his clash with Tommy Haas though. The German did everything for two-and-a-half sets and had many Federer supporters very worried until the 27-year-old cracked on incredible forehand winner across court while defending a break point.
From then his shoulders lifted and there was little left in Haas' arsenal to prepare a counter offensive.
Many played down his final victory over Nadal at the Madrid Masters as an occasion when the Spaniard was too tired to compete fully. However, no one can underestimate how important that same win was for Federer and the rest of the Tour... apparently the world number one is not invincible - much like his predecessor.
So, while many would now see Federer as a shoo in to become the new French Open champion, there are still plenty of potential hazards left in the draw including another Spaniard called Tommy Robredo, Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko, Gonzalez and, of course, Scotland’s own Andy Murray.
Nothing is decided yet!