Rezai eclipses Venus for Madrid Masters crown
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May 17, 2010, Monday
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ARAVANE Rezai blasted her way to the biggest singles title of her career when she stunned fourth seed Venus Williams 6-2, 7-5 in the Madrid Masters final yesterday.
The unseeded Frenchwoman, who beat world No. 4 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in the quarterfinals, tries to hit the cover off the ball on almost every shot and won five straight games on the clay in the Magic Box arena to seal victory.
It was the third title of her career after triumphs in Strasbourg and Bali last year and set the 23-year-old from St Etienne up nicely for the French Open starting later this month.
Roger Federer was to meet Rafael Nadal in a second consecutive Madrid final later yesterday after beating David Ferrer of Spain 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 on Saturday.
Nadal came from behind to beat Spanish countryman Nicolas Almagro 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the first semifinal.
Last year, Federer beat then No. 1-ranked Nadal in the final for his second Madrid title.
Federer said he had not expected to wait a year to play Nadal again.
"After playing here last year you figured, maybe the French, Wimbledon or down the stretch in America at the latest we'll face off again, but it just never ended up happening," Federer said. "It shows how incredible our last few years have been and I think it's exciting for tennis and for us obviously that we can face off again."
Nadal, assured of returning to No. 2 in the rankings with Saturday's win, is aiming for his second title in Madrid. The Spaniard is 14-0 on clay this season, winning titles in Monte Carlo and Rome.
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