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Rafael Nadal completed an excellent week's work yesterday by beating world number one Roger Federer 7-5, 6-, 6-3 to take the Hamburg Masters title for the first time in his career despite a wobbly start. In nine head-to head matches on clay, Federer's only victory came in the final of last year's...
Juan Monaco had his first Davis Cup win by defeating Thomas Johansson 63 63 in the dead fifth rubber of the quarterfinal tie of the 2008 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas, confirming the semifinal match between Argentina and Russia, in September, in Buenos Aires, where the home team has not lost in ten...
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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...
The world's top-three stars -- Swiss Roger Federer, Spaniard Rafael Nadal and Serbian Novak Djokovic -- were all straight-set third-round winners Thursday at the $2.955 million Masters Series Hamburg, a clay-court French Open tuneup.The top-seeded reigning Hamburg champion Federer drilled Swede...
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) -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...
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...
Janko Tipsarevic rallied to upset seventh-seeded James Blake 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 Wednesday and advance to the third round of the Hamburg Masters. Blake broke Tipsarevic's serve to win the first set, but the tenacious 33rd-ranked Tipsarevic got steadier in the second set and then broke Blake's serve for...
