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Rafael Nadal had no birthday gift for Andy Murray, winning in straight sets Thursday to join Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals of the Hamburg Masters. Nadal won 6-3, 6-2 against Murray, who turned 21. Defending champion Roger Federer breezed past Robin Soderling 6-3, 6-2. The...
put Nadal under pressure at times. Nadal, playing with greater power and more consistency, took a 3-1 lead in the first set but had Murray taken one of two break points in game eight he might have got back into it. Murray rallied to break Nadal at the start of the second set, but the Spaniard...
Published Date: 16 May 2008 MARIA Sharapova will take over as world No1 next week after Justine Henin asked to be removed from the rankings following her retirement, the WTA said yesterday. Henin stunned the sporting world when she announced her retirement with immediate effect on Wednesday,...
HAMBURG: Top-ranked Roger Federer eased past Jarkko Nieminen 6-1, 6-3 on Wednesday to reach the third round of the Hamburg Masters, a tournament he has won four times. Second-ranked Rafael Nadal also advanced, but he had to work hard to overcome Potito Starace 6-4, 7-6(6). Ivanovic ousted In...
Top-ranked Roger Federer and No. 3 Novak Djokovic won easily Wednesday to reach the third of the Hamburg Masters. Federer eased past Jarkko Nieminen 6-1, 6-3 in a tournament he has won four times. Nadal survived a scare in the second set before overcoming Potito Starace 6-4, 7-6 (6). Nieminen had...
Big guns progress although Nadal endures stiff Starace test Defending champion Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal both moved into round three in Hamburg with straight set victories on Wednesday. However, the contests proved markedly different with Federer breezing past Jarkko Nieminen 6-1 6-3 and...
HAMBURG, Germany, May 14 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Roger Federer and No. 2 Rafael Nadal collected straight-set wins Wednesday in second-round action at the $2.95 million Masters Series Hamburg. Federer, ranked No. 1 in the world, dispatched Jarkko Nieminen 6-1, 6-3, and Nadal, the No. 2 player in the...
Hamburg - Nicolas Kiefer delighted a home crowd on Wednesday when he upset the Rome finalist Stanislas Wawrinka 7-5, 7-5 in the third round of the Hamburg Masters. The 43rd-ranked Kiefer saved two set points in 10th game of the second set as he took ...
A few thoughts on the weird week that was and the wacky one that will be: Yes, four big players took it on the chin last week at the Rome Masters and Italian Open, respectively, but each of those defeats meant something entirely different. Vincenzo Pinto/Getty Images Rafael Nadal, right, had...
Tennis ATP $3.5 MILLION MASTERS At Rome Championship Singles Novak Djokovic (3), Serbia, def. Championship Doubles Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Nenad Zimonjic (2), Serbia, 3-6, 6-4, 10-8 tiebreak. WTA $1.34 MILLIION GERMAN OPEN At...
