Safin Crushes Nalbandian in Madrid Final
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Russian Marat Safin produced another  outstanding performance to beat Argentina's David Nalbandian,  6-2, 6-4, 6-3, and win the Madrid Masters on Sunday.
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Argentine David Nalbandian entered the Madrid Master final on Saturday, scoring 6-4 and 6-4 victory over Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia.
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Guillermo Canas followed up his defeat  of top seed David Nalbandian by beating unseeded German Tommy  Haas 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday to reach the final of the Vienna  Trophy.
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Fourth seed David Nalbandian tamed the big-serve threat of Croatian Ivan Ljubicic 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday to move into the final of the â¬2.
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Top seed David Nalbandian held off a spirited late challenge by Stefan Koubek to reach the quarter-finals of the Vienna Trophy on Thursday.
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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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Marat Safin played his best tennis in quite some time, beating Andre Agassi 6-3, 7-6 (4) Saturday to advance to the final of the Madrid Masters.
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Unseeded Argentine David Nalbandian outclassed world number three Novak Djokovic with a 6-4 7-6 victory at the Madrid Masters on Saturday to claim his place in his first final of the year.
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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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Russian Marat Safin ended a 22-month  title drought with a 7-6, 7-5 victory over compatriot Mikhail  Youzhny in the final of the China Open Sunday.
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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. It was Nadal's most lopsided defeat in three years.
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Russian giant Marat Safin crushed Finn  Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday to advance to the final of  the China Open, where he will meet compatriot Mikhail Youzhny.
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Argentine fourth seed David Nalbandian reached the final of the Swiss Indoors for the third consecutive year Saturday with a 6-3, 6-4 win over struggling Chilean Nicolas Massu.
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Marat Safin ended Andre Agassi&#39;s hopes of a title repeat when he sent the second seed crashing to defeat in the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters yesterday.
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MOSCOW -- Marat Safin and Dmitry Tursunov beat Argentina's David Nalbandian and Agustin Calleri, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, yesterday to put Russia within one victory of its second Davis Cup title.
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Marat Safin battles back to beat Lleyton Hewitt and win the Australian Open.
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Marat Safin, who felt he was destined to win the Australian Open after two runnerup finishes in the last three years, rallied to down Lleyton Hewitt 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in an acrimonious final Sunday, the tournament's first-ever at night.