Sharapova and Nadal win Madrid crown

In the absence of Serena Williams, Eighth seeded Russian Maria Sharapova was crowned the Madrid queen Sunday yesterday when she beat her Romanian opponent Simona Halep 1-6 6-2 6-3 – this was her 11^th unbeaten run on clay court.

Although she lost her first set to Halep 1-6, she quickly recovered to win the next to sets. Ahead of French Open later this month, this win is a healthy sign for the Russian and a form-fitness test to gear up to meet Serena Williams in Paris.

In the men’s final, world number one Rafael Nadal finally rebounded after his successive defeats at Monte Carlo and Barcelona and won the final against back injured Japanese opponent Kei. Like Sharapova, Nadal lost the first set, but quickly recovered to take the second and was 3-0 in the third set when Kei retired due to back injury.

The victory makes Nadal the first tennis player to win four Madrid titles. I twas also his 27^th victory in Masters 1000 series. Ahead of French Open, this is a good recovery for Rafa.

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Watch Live Nadal vs Ferrer (ATP Madrid) Quarters | Free Streaming - 10 May 2013

World no.5 Rafael Nadal will contest his 55th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarter-final against David Ferrer Friday afternoon today.

Nadal crusied to the quarters beating Mikhail Youzhny 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday at the Mutua Madrid Open.

Nadal is looking to reach his seventh final in seven tournaments since his comeback from a seven-month injury lay-off in February. The Mallorcan has won the Madrid trophy twice before, most recently in 2010 with victory over Roger Federer.

Ferrer is coming off a runner-up finish at the Portugal Open in Oeiras (l. to  Wawrinka) and has compiled a 30-7 match record on the season, winning titles in Auckland (d. Kohlschreiber) and Buenos Aires (d. Wawrinka).

The match is scheduled for Friday, 10 May 2013 13:15 GMT

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Istanbul - Tokyo - Madrid: The Three Finalsts - One to host 2020 Summer Olympics

The three historic cities of Istanbul (Turkey), Tokyo (Japan) and Madrid (Spain) have filed their claims to host the 2020 Summer Olmpic games - the biggest venue of athletes ever and a prestige point for the country hosting the Olympics.

It has been reported by Bloomberg that Heads of the delegations handed in their bid books for the International Olympic Committee to evaluate before members tour proposed venues and make a final decision in Buenos Aires in September.

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Istanbul, which has failed in four bids, stressed a growing economy and a young, sports-loving population as part of its $22 billion plan to bring the event to Turkey for the first time.

Madrid said it would use mainly existing facilities and spend $1.9 billion as Spain tries to recover from an economic battering. Tokyo, host of the 1964 Olympics, promised innovation and safety as pillars of a bid with $4.5 billion in place to complete building projects.

Read more about it at: Bloomberg
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Watch Live Federer Vs Ferrer Free Stream Online - ATP Madrid Quarter Final

In the last quarterfinal of the ATP Madrid and the last match of the day as well, world number three Roger Federer faces 6th ranked Spanish David Ferrer Friday afternoon today.

World number 3 Federer [L] meets 8th ranked Ferrer [R] in the ATP Madrid Quarterfinal Friday afternoon

This is the 14th encounter of Federer and Ferer since 2003 and amazingly Federer leads a clean sweep over the Spaniard 13-0. Last time Federer beat Ferer was at ATP London in 2011 7-5 6-3.

Federer is in good shape, as he as won all but one of the ten matches played during 2012. He lost to Roddick in Miami. On the other hand Ferrer has lost twice in 2012, losing to nadal in Barcelona and T. Bellucci in Monte Carlo.

Who is your favourite for Friday - Federer?

The match is scheduled for Friday, 11 May 2012 at 18:30 GMT

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Watch Free Live Streaming: Davydenko - Nadal (ATP Madrid)

So finally World Number Two Spaniard Nadal jumps into the arena Wednesday today when he meets the 54th ranked Russian Nikolay Davydenko Wednesday afternoon today.

54th ranked Russian Davydenko [L] faces World Number Two Nadal [R] at ATP MAdrid

The previous head to head record of both Nadal and Davydenko is very interesting as the latter has won six out of the ten matches played against each other, including last four encounters.

Last time they met on clay was at Barcelona three years back when Nadal beat Davydenko in straight sets 6-3, 6-2. 

Nadal after his continued winning spree is in good form, as he has won all of his ten last matches played and should not find much difficulty in overpowering the Russian, who otherwise has a good winning edge over Nadal in previous matches, but has lost five of the ten matches he played. 

Nikolay Davydenko vs Rafael Nadal ATP Madrid Open is scheduled for Wednesday,09 May 2012 at 15:15 CEST /13:15 GMT

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