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Monfils Cruises In Rome Opener

French No. 13 seed Gael Monfils made light work of his opening match at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Monday in Rome, dismissing Alex Bogomolov Jr., 6-4, 6-1. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Rome Monday Briefing

Media notes for the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Weekly Snapshot: Swiss Maestro Meets Fresh Prince

In this latest Weekly Snapshot, we look at the week ahead in Rome, and past week in review at Madrid. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Weekly Snapshot: Swiss Maestro Meets Fresh Prince

In this latest Weekly Snapshot, we look at the week ahead in Rome, and past week in review at Madrid. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Roger Federer wins Madrid Open

Roger Federer wins the Madrid Open 3-6 7-5 7-5 against Tomas Berdych to move up to number two in the world.

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Serena Williams wins Madrid Open

Serena Williams is in top form to beat the world number one Victoria Azarenka 6-1 6-3 and win the Madrid Open.

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Djokovic Looking Forward To Challenges Ahead

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Federer Captures 20th Masters 1000 Crown

Roger Federer will return to No. 2 in the South African Airways ATP Rankings on Monday after winning a record-equalling 20th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title on Sunday in Madrid. The Swiss defeated Tomas Berdych 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the final of the Mutua Madrid Open.

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Ferrero Finds His Form

Former World No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero won just his second tour-level match of the season on Sunday as he dismissed South Africa’s Kevin Anderson 6-4, 7-5 in the first round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Poles Clinch Second Madrid Crown

Fourth-seeded Poles Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski triumphed at the Mutua Madrid Open for the second time after beating sixth seeds Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau 6-3, 6-4 in Sunday’s final. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Poles Clinch Second Madrid Crown

Fourth-seeded Poles Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski triumphed at the Mutua Madrid Open for the second time after beating sixth seeds Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau 6-3, 6-4 in Sunday’s final. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Rome Sunday Briefing

Media notes for the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Rome Sunday Briefing

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Madrid Final Briefing

Media notes for the Mutua Madrid Open 2012. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Madrid Final Briefing

Media notes for the Mutua Madrid Open 2012.

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Berdych reaches final in Madrid

Tomas Berdych reaches the Madrid Masters final after a straight-sets win over Juan Martin Del Potro.

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Poles Edge Mirnyi/Nestor To Reach Final

Polish duo Marcin Matkowski and Mariusz Fyrstenberg will attempt to win the Mutua Madrid Open title for the second time after edging Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor 6-7(3), 7-6(6), 12-10 on Saturday. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Serena to face Azarenka in final

Serena Williams will play Victoria Azarenka in the final of the Madrid Open after both players enjoy simple semi-final victories.

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Federer Dismisses Tipsarevic, Passes $70m In Prize Money

Roger Federer will play for the No. 2 ranking in Sunday’s Mutua Madrid Open final after dismissing Janko Tipsarevic 6-2, 6-3 in the semi-finals on Saturday

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Big Four Lead Star-Studded Rome Line-Up

The 77th edition of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, the fifth ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament, features a star-studded field with 23 of the Top 25 players in the South African Airways ATP Rankings at the Foro Italico in Rome. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Berdych Holds Off del Potro

World No. 7 Tomas Berdych reached his third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final on Saturday as he overcame Juan Martin del Potro 7-6(5), 7-6(6) in the semi-finals of the Mutua Madrid Open.

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Aussie Hits Fastest Recorded Serve

Australian Samuel Groth hit an ace recorded at 163.4 mph (263 kph) Wednesday during an ATP Challenger event in Busan, South Korea. The serve, which came during Groth’s second-round defeat to Belarusian Uladzimir Ignatik, is the fastest ever recorded at a professional tennis event

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Madrid Saturday Briefing

Media notes for the Mutua Madrid Open 2012. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Serena crushes Sharapova in Spain

Serena Williams advances to the Madrid Open semi-finals with an ominous 6-1 6-3 victory over world number two Maria Sharapova.

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Tipsarevic Upsets Defending Champion Djokovic; Plays Federer Or Ferrer In SFs

Seventh seed Janko Tipsarevic hit 30 winners past World No. 1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic on Friday in a 7-6(2), 6-3 victory that gave the Serbian a place in his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 clay-court semi-final at the Mutua Madrid Open.

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Bhupathi/Bopanna Advance To SFs

Seventh-seeded Indians Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna advanced to their second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-final on Friday after they beat Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer 7-6(2), 7-6(5) in one hour and 46 minutes at the Mutua Madrid Open.

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Del Potro Maintains Run Of Form On Clay; Meets Berdych Or Verdasco In SFs

Juan Martin del Potro maintained his run of form on clay Friday when he reached the Mutua Madrid Open semi-finals. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Madrid Friday Briefing

Media notes for the Mutua Madrid Open 2012. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Verdasco upsets Nadal in Madrid

Fernando Verdasco inflicts Rafael Nadal’s first defeat of the clay-court season to dump the world number two out of Madrid Masters.

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Doubles ‘the highlight of Olympic tennis’

Jamie Murray believes the doubles event will spark the most patriotic atmosphere at London 2012

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Qureshi/Rojer Save 5 M.P. To Upset Bryans In Epic Win

Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer saved five match points to beat top seeds and four-time Mutua Madrid Open titlists Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 4-6, 6-4, 18-16 in 92 minutes on Thursday. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Wozniacki heads Eastbourne field

Caroline Wozniacki and Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova will play the Aegon International in Eastbourne.

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Federer Makes Quick Work Of Gasquet

After escaping with a win over Milos Raonic in a third set tie-break Wednesday night, Roger Federer returned to the court less than 24 hours later and comfortably dismissed No. 14 seed Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-2 to reach the Mutua Madrid Open quarter-finals. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Berdych Races Past Monfils; Nadal In Action

Sixth-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych won 28 of his 32 service points to beat No. 12 seed Gael Monfils of France 6-1, 6-1 in just 50 minutes on Thursday at the Mutua Madrid Open. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Madrid Thursday Briefing

Media notes for the Mutua Madrid Open 2012. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Washington Tickets On Sale

Tickets to the Citi Open, the annual ATP World Tour 500 event in Washington, D.C., are on sale to the public today. The event will be played July 28 through August 5 at the William H.G.

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Federer battles to Raonic victory

Roger Federer is given a real scare before beating Milos Raonic to reach the third round of the Madrid Open.

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VIDEO: I’d rather Andy won – Jamie Murray

Jamie Murray says he would rather brother Andy Murray triumphed in the singles than he kept his record as last British man to win a Wimbledon title.

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Federer Edges Raonic In Final Set Tie-break

World No. 3 Roger Federer was challenged in his first clay-court tournament match of the season Wednesday, rallying past Milos Raonic 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(4) in a second-round clash at the Mutua Madrid Open. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Nadal Untroubled In Opener

World No. 2 Rafael Nadal was untroubled in his opening second-round match at the Mutua Madrid Open on Wednesday, dismissing Nikolay Davydenko 6-2, 6-2 at La Caja Magica. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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