Madrid Masters News

Roger Federer of Switzerland won his first Madrid Masters and 10th title of the season Sunday with a 7-5, 6-1, 6-0 victory over Fernando Gonzalez. Federer became the first player in the Open era to win 10 titles in three straight years. The top-ranked Swiss player moved ahead of Pete Sampras with his 12th Masters series title _ second only to Andre Agassi's 17. Federer didn't drop a set in ...

Roger Federer of Switzerland moved a step closer to his 10th title of the year, routing Argentina's David Nalbandian 6-4, 6-0 Saturday in a semifinal of the Madrid Masters. The top-ranked Swiss will play for the title Sunday against 10th-seeded Fernando Gonzalez of Chile, who beat Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-1. This is Gonzalez's first Masters final and second consecutive final. Last week, he lost the championship match to Ivan Ljubicic in Vienna, Austria. Federer ...

Roger Federer of Switzerland moved a step closer to winning his 10th title of 2006 with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) quarter-final win over American Robby Ginepri at the Madrid Masters on Friday. In doubles play, Daniel Nestor of Toronto and Mark Knowles of the Bahamas, the No. 3 seeds, earned a 6-4, 6-4 semifinal win over the second-seeded team of Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden and Max Mirnyi of Belarus. Federer ...

Tomas Berdych served 23 aces Thursday to beat sixth-seeded American Andy Roddick 7-6 (7), 6-3 in the third round of the Madrid Masters. The 11th-ranked Czech had the only break of the match in the sixth game of the second set, hitting a winner after Roddick had received treatment on his left ankle. Marat Safin beat Kristof Vliegen 6-3, 6-2, while 10th-seeded Fernando Gonzalez advanced after Joachim Johansson withdrew with ...

Defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain defeated American qualifier Mardy Fish 6-4, 6-2 Wednesday in his opening match at the Madrid Masters, with Real Madrid soccer stars David Beckham and Raul part of the capacity crowd. Nadal, seeded No. 2, didn't drop serve and saved his best for last by breaking Fish in the last game with a no-look, crosscourt forehand. Four seeded players were eliminated in the second round: ...

Kristof Vliegen came back in the final set to beat seventh-ranked James Blake 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5) Wednesday in the second round of the Madrid Masters. Blake, who had won his last two tournaments, led 3-1 in the final set but had 16 unforced errors and only 12 winners. The loss snapped the American's 14-match winning streak and left him winless in three visits to the Madrid Masters. Vliegen, a ...

Andy Roddick advanced to the last 16 of the Madrid Masters on Tuesday by defeating Sebastien Grosjean of France 6-4, 7-6 (3), while Toronto's Daniel Nestor won his opening doubles match with partner Mark Knowles of the Bahamas. The sixth-ranked American had only nine aces, but beat Grosjean for the eighth straight time through a heavy serve that forced his opponent into making 24 unforced errors. ``Unfortunately for Sebastien, I've ...

Roger Federer has won 42 career titles in 14 different countries. None of them have come in Spain. The world's top-ranked player is hoping to reverse that trend at the US$2.45-million Madrid Masters, which begins Monday, but it won't be easy. The Madrid field includes 18 of the world's top 20 players, including defending champion Rafael Nadal. The Spaniard is 6-2 against Federer _ 4-1 in 2006. The last time ...

Video replays in tennis will be used at this month's Masters Series events in Madrid and Paris. The review system already has been used at three Masters Series tournaments in North America, the U.S. Open, six other ATP Tour events and this week's Kremlin Cup in Moscow. The Madrid Masters begins Monday and the Paris Masters starts Oct. 30. So far, there have been 816 challenges in 274 matches, with ...