Nalbandian, Safin reach quarterfinals
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David Nalbandian and Marat Safin reached the quarterfinals but No. 2 seed Juan Carlos Ferrero was eliminated Thursday in the China Open.
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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's David Nalbandian.
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MADRID: Marat Safin defeated Andre Agassi 6-3, 7-6 yesterday to book a place in the Madrid Masters final against Argentina&#39;s David Nalbandian.
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Marat Safin beat Stefan Koubek of Austria 7-5, 6-2 in his opening round-robin match at the Tennis Channel Open on Tuesday.
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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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Fourth seed David Nalbandian beat  Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday, to secure a place  in the finals of the Madrid Masters.
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Fourth-seeded Argentine David Nalbandian  defeated American Taylor Dent 7-6, 6-3 on Friday to advance to  the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters.
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Andre Agassi and Marat Safin were quick and nearly mistake-free in advancing to the third round of the Australian Open.
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Marat Safin defeated Andre Agassi 6-3,  7-6 in the Madrid Masters on Saturday with a powerful  performance that underlined his recent return to top form and  secured him a place in the final against David Nalbandian.
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HOUSTON - Andy Roddick and Marat Safin both had good chances to win. Only Roddick took advantage of his opportunities. Roddick came up with four aces in the second-set tiebreaker and defeated Safin 7-6 (7), 7
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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 advanced to the last four of the Paris Masters Series with a straight-sets win over second seed Lleyton Hewitt on Friday.
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MOSCOW -- David Nalbandian beat a struggling Marat Safin 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 Friday to give Argentina a 1-1 tie with Russia at the Davis Cup final.
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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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Maraf Safin finally secured a berth at the semi-finals of the year-end Masters Cup after an easy victory over Tim Henman. The two were even at 1-1 when they took to the court.
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: Marat Safincruised to a 6-2, 6-4 win over America&#39;s Kevin Kim on Friday to advance to the semifinalsof the China Open and a step closer to his first title of the year.
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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.