Rafael Nadal wins 18th Masters title in Madrid

We had the dream Fedal final showdown yesterday in Madrid and it looks like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will battle it out again in Roland Garros next week.

Hey, no tears... there's still Roland Garros...

After winning a record breaking 18th Masters title yesterday, beating top-ranked Roger Federer 6-4, 7-6 (5), the Spanish Matador will return to No. 2 in this week's rankings.

This is how you celebrate Victory!

Nadal also won titles in Monte Carlo and Rome recently, hence he becoming the first player to win all three titles in the same season. Vamos Rafa!~

Meanwhile, in the women’s final, Venus Williams was beaten 6-2, 7-5 by unseeded Aravane Rezai of France.

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Istanbul Cup: Partying in Turkey can be fun, even without booze

You've read about Vera Zvonareva attended the Istanbul Cup’s official opening ceremony that took place at the Archeology Museum.

Among the tennis players appear in this tournament are Anabel Medina Garrigues, Vera Dushevina, Aravane Rezai, Patty Schnyder, Timea Bacsinszky, as well as Turkish girls Ipek Senoglu, Cagla Buyukakcay.

The girls attended the ceremony which lasted three hours and ended with a concert by Eurovision singer Hadise.

And of course the girls know what they are supposed to do there - dance and have fun!


(Images via Istanbul Cup official website)

Weekend winners... who are not in Paris yet

Aravane Rezai won her first WTA title when she beat Lucie Hradecka 7-6, 6-1 in the Strasbourg International final.

Alexandra Dulgheru, a Romanian qualifier ranked no. 201, won the Warsaw Open (gulp!) in her WTA Tour debut by beating Alona Bondarenko 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-0. Lucky girl!

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez won his first ATP Tour title, rallying past Julien Benneteau 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-3 in the Austrian Open final.

Serbia defeated Germany to win the World Team Cup, becoming only the second team in the tournament’s 32-year history to lift the trophy on its debut.

Viktor Troicki claimed a 6-4, 7-6 (5) win over Rainer Schuettler and Janko Tipsarevic sealed the victory by beating Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-2, 6-4.

Nicolas Kiefer and Mischa Zverev took a point for Germany, beating Troicki and Nenad Zimonjic 7-5 4-6 10-7.

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