Misfiring Nadal routed by Nalbandian
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TENNIS Second-ranked Rafael Nadal , coming off a five-week layoff because of ailing knees, lost to David Nalbandian , 6-1, 6-2, yesterday in the Madrid Masters quarterfinals. This was Nadal's most lopsided defeat in three years. The Spaniard, who sat out after the US Open because of tendinitis, had five winners and 29 unforced errors against Nalbandian. "It's hard to ...
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David Nalbandian has lost his first match in three successive visits to the Swiss Indoors in Basel, beaten in an three-hour, five-set final by Czech Jiri Novak.
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Andy Murray tests world number two Rafael Nadal but loses 7-6 6-4 in the third round of the Madrid Masters.
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Rafael Nadal, the two-time defending champion, is cruising through the French Open and will now face countryman and former champion Carlos Moya in the quarterfinals.
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Rafael Nadal rubber-stamped his status as the world's best claycourter by winning the French Open title on Sunday to once again ruin Roger Federer's bid to claim the only grand slam missing from his collection.
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David Nalbandian beat Roger Federer 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 Sunday to win the Madrid Masters. Nalbandian also defeated No. 2 Rafael Nadal and No. 3 Novak Djokovic on his way to the title.
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Rafael Nadal managed to make Lleyton Hewitt, the guy who gets to every ball, a bit of a bystander.
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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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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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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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French Open champion Rafael Nadal suffered a rare taste of defeat as unseeded Nicolas Mahut knocked him out of Queen&#39;s in the quarter-finals on Friday.
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Rafael Nadal bounced back from a sluggish start and moved into the next round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday.
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Russian Marat Safin defeated American Andre Agassi 6-3 and 7-6 (7-4) on Saturday to enter the Madrid Masters final against Argentine David Nalbandian.
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Rafael Nadal tried to look on the bright side despite suffering his heaviest defeat in three years when he was overwhelmed 6-1 6-2 by David Nalbandian in the quarter-finals of the Madrid Masters on Friday.
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Top-ranked Roger Federer made 38 unforced errors in losing to David Nalbandian 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the Madrid Masters final Sunday.
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Argentine number one David Nalbandian overpowered Russia's Marat Safin 6-4 6-4 6-4 in the second singles match of the Davis Cup final on Friday to put the teams at 1-1 at the end of the first day.
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Rafael Nadal's shots were off the mark and, more shockingly, even his boundless energy seemed to fail him. After one miss-hit, the man usually in perpetual motion hunched over, hands on knees, to catch his breath.