Safin Masters Madrid, Sharapova Loses
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MADRID -- Playing some overpowering tennis, Marat Safin ground down David Nalbandian of Argentina, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 Sunday to win the $3 million Madrid Masters.
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Rafael Nadal lost to fellow Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3) in the quarterfinals Friday, leaving the Western &amp; Southern Financial Group Masters without its top two players.
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BEIJING -- Marat Safin managed to do something the other top seeds at the China Open didn&#39;t: stay alive. The top four seeds will be missing from the semifinals following early exits for Spaniards Carlos Moya
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PERTH, Australia  - Top seeds Russia suffered a  humiliating early exit from the Hopman Cup on Wednesday as a  leg-weary Marat Safin was beaten for the second time in three  days in their 2-1 defeat by Argentina.
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Sunday&#39;s final of the Madrid Masters pitted players ranked ninth, Marat Safin, and 10th, David Nalbandian, in the world; both near the top of their games.
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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 Sunday.
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Former world number one Marat Safin won his first title since the Paris Masters in 2002 on Sunday with a 6-2 6-4 6-3 victory over Argentine David Nalbandian at the Casa de Campo in Madrid.
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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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TIM HENMAN exited the Masters Cup and admitted: Marat Safin was too good for me. The British No1 failed to reach the semi-finals after the in-form Russian beat him 6-2 7-6 (7/2) in Houston.
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No. 6 seed Marat Safin brought his &quot;A&quot; game Friday in defeating No. 2 seed Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets in a battle of former No.
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David Nalbandian handed Rafael Nadal his most lopsided defeat in three years with a 6-1, 6-2 victory yesterday in the Madrid Masters quarterfinals in Spain. Nalbandian will play Novak Djokovic, who defeated Mario Ancic, 7-6 (2), 6-2. Roger Federer will play Nicolas Kiefer in the other semifinal.
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ANDRE Agassi will not be able to repeat the triumph he enjoyed in the Madrid Masters two years ago following his semi-final defeat to Marat Safin.
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Marat Safin advanced to the Paris Masters final for the fourth time after beating 13th seed Guillermo Canas 6-2, 7-6 on Saturday. The Russian sixth seed, who also made the final
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Andre Agassi defeated Spain's Tommy  Robredo 6-7, 6-3, 6-2 at the Madrid Masters on Friday to book a  semi-final place against Russia's Marat Safin.
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Russia: Top seed Marat Safin was dumped out of the one-million-dollar ATP Saint Petersburg Open here on Friday following a shock straight sets defeat to Frenchman Michael Llodra.
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Spanish favourite Rafael Nadal falls to a 6-1 6-2 defeat to David Nalbandian in the Madrid Masters quarter-finals.
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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.