Tennis: Novak beats Nalbandian in five-set thriller
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Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic won the Swiss Indoors title at Basel on Sunday, defeating David Nalbandian of Argentina in a thrilling five-set final.
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Marat Safin defeated Andre Agassi 6-3 7-6 on Saturday to book a place in the Madrid Masters final against Argentina&#39;s David Nalbandian.
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Jiri Novak won his second title in three weeks with a battling performance against David Nalbandian in the final of the Swiss Indoors on Sunday.
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MADRID, Spain -- Argentina&#39;s David Nalbandian set up a semi-final battle against heavy serving Croatian Ivan Ljubicic after overwhelming American Taylor Dent 7-6 6-3.
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Rafael Nadal, coming off a five-week layoff because of ailing knees, lost to David Nalbandian 6-1, 6-2 Friday in the Madrid Masters quarterfinals. This was Nadal's most lopsided defeat in three years.
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Argentina's David Nalbandian wins his first Masters series title after beating Roger Federer 1-6 6-3 6-3 in Madrid.
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Unseeded Argentine David Nalbandian inflicted a shock 6-1 6-2 defeat on world number two Rafael Nadal in the Madrid Masters on Friday to earn a semi-final showdown with young Serb Novak Djokovic.
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Finn Jarkko Nieminen overpowered David Nalbandian 6-2 2-6 6-2 at the China Open on Friday as the seeds continued to tumble in Beijing.
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Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic settled his game after a rocky start and beat Taylor Dent 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 Sunday to win the Japan Open for the sixth title of his career.
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Fifth-seeded Marat Safin cruised to a 6-2, 6-4 win over Kevin Kim on Friday and advanced to the semifinals of the China Open. The Russian will next face Jarkko Nieminen of Finland, who upset third-seeded David Nalbandian 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.
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JIRI Novak made Tim Henman&#39;s life as miserable overnight as he did at the Athens Olympics by toppling him 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 in the quarterfinals of the 989,750 euro ($1.
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SHANGHAI : Top seed Jiri Novak fought off a strong challenge from Melle Van Gemerden to book a place in the ATP Shanghai Open quarter-finals, while third seed Guillermo Canas also advanced.
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By Kevin Fylan MADRID  - Russian Marat Safin produced anotheroutstanding performance to beat Argentina's David Nalbandian,6-2, 6-4, 6-3, and win the Madrid Masters on Sunday.
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With his first match of the season behind him, Jiri Novak has regained his confidence.
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SHANGHAI: Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic powered into the semi-finals of $380,000 ATP Shanghai Open Friday, downing Jan-Michael Gambill 6-3, 6-3 and setting up a clash against Guillermo Canas of Argentina.
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Tokyo, Japan (Sports Network) - Fifth-seeded Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic upset top-seeded Aussie Lleyton Hewitt, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, in Saturday&#39;s semifinal action at the $775,000 Japan Open.
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Tennis David Nalbandian lost to Stanislas Wawrinka in the first round of the Swiss Indoors in Basel yesterday, three days after beating Roger Federer to win the Madrid Masters. Wawrinka won, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2, to extend his winning streak against Nalbandian to four matches. James Blake defeated Oscar Hernandez , 6-3, 6-4, to advance to the second round. Blake is ...