Safin wins Madrid Masters; Masters Cup spot beckons
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MADRID : Marat Safin sent over 14 aces and devastated David Nalbandian with six breaks of serve Sunday to win his second career trophy in Spain with a title at the 2.425-million-euro Madrid Masters.
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HOUSTON -- Marat Safin, the mad Russian, may be a one-man demolition derby with tennis racket, Lleyton Hewitt a furious in-your-face adversary, Roger Federer a light-fingered pickpocket in short pants, and Andy Roddick a youth impersonating a thunderbolt. But these strong-willed contenders in this week's elite shootout called the Masters Cup aren't up to the theatrical standards of a guy ...
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ANDRE AGASSI produced a comprehensive 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 win over Max Mirnyi at the $US2.425million ($3.35m) Madrid Masters yesterday (AEST) after five weeks away from the circuit.
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HOUSTON: Russia&#39;s Marat Safin and Australia&#39;s Lleyton Hewitt advanced to the Masters Cup semi-finals with impressive straight-set victories here on Friday, completing a historic line-up.
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Marat Safin overcomes a shaky start to win his second Grand Slam title Sunday, defeating Lleyton Hewitt 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 to finally break through at the Australian Open.
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Marat Safin overpowered Tim Henman 6-2,  7-6 on Friday to reach the last four at the Masters Cup,  setting the stage for two mouth-watering semi-finals involving  the world's top-ranked players.
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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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Andy Roddick, Lleyton Hewitt and Marat Safin won their opening matches at the Tennis Masters Cup, the season-ending men&#39;s event in Houston that pays the winner as much as $1.5 million.
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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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Russia's Marat Safin beats Jose Acasuso in the deciding singles rubber to win the Davis Cup.
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Madrid Masters winner Marat Safin has now set his sights on winning the ATP Masters Cup, as he looks to crown an outstanding personal season.
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Houston, Nov 22 - World number one and defending champion Roger Federer won an epic 20-18 tie-break to seal a 6-3 7-6 win over Marat Safin and place in the Masters Cup final.
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PARIS : Volatile Russian Marat Safin kept the lid on his timebomb temper to ensure his campaign for a third Paris Masters title stayed on course with a battling 6-7 (1/7), 6-3, 7-5 victory over Croatia&#39;s Ivan Ljubicic.
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Marat Safin barged his way past Britain&#39;s Tim Henman into sixth place in the race to qualify for next month&#39;s Masters Cup in Houston by overpowering David Nalbandian, of Argentina
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Andre Agassi returned to competitive tennis action on Tuesday with an appearance at the Madrid Masters Series event in Spain. Agassi had had a bye in the first round, and his match against Max Mirnyi of Belarus
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Paris: Late Paris Masters withdrawals by Andre Agassi and David Nalbandian meant good fortune for Marat Safin, Tim Henman and Guillermo Coria on Monday as the trio qualified for this month&#39;s Masters Cup without striking a ball.
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World number two Rafael Nadal clinched a spectacular 7-6 6-4 victory over Britain's Andy Murray to claim a place in the quarter-finals of the Madrid Masters on Thursday.