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UPDATE 3-Federer, Nadal set up Monte Carlo final meeting
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:26:03 GMT

MONTE CARLO, April 21 (Reuters) - World number one Roger Federer and defending champion Rafael Nadal set up a mouthwatering final meeting at the Monte Carlo Masters Series on Saturday.

UPDATE 1-Fed Cup world group - France v Japan results
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:18:54 GMT

April 21 (Reuters) - France took a 2-0 lead over Japan by winning both singles in their world group quarter-final tie in Limoges, France on Saturday.

UPDATE 1-Monte Carlo Masters semi-final result
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:16:21 GMT

April 21 (Reuters) - Monte Carlo Masters men's singles semi-final result on Saturday (prefix denotes seeding, * denotes new result) * 2-Rafael Nadal (Spain) beat 10-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 6-0 7-5 1-Roger Federer (Switzerland) beat 16-Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) 6-3 6-4

Fed Cup world group quarter-final - Italy v China result
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:36:15 GMT

April 21 (Reuters) - Italy took a 1-0 lead over China by winning the first singles in their world group quarter-final tie in Castellaneta Marina, Italy on Saturday.

UPDATE 1-Petrova and Kuznetsova put Russia in command
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:32:18 GMT

MOSCOW, April 21 (Reuters) - Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nadia Petrova won their singles matches to give Russia a comfortable 2-0 lead over Spain in their Fed Cup quarter-final on Saturday.

Italy's Garbin struggles to beat China's Sun in Fed Cup
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:27:18 GMT

CASTELLANETA MARINA, Italy, April 21 (Reuters) - Italy's Tathiana Garbin had a much harder time than expected beating China's Sun Tiantian in the opening rubber of their Fed Cup first-round tie on Saturday.

UPDATE 2-Federer beats Ferrero to reach Monte Carlo final
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:22:54 GMT

MONTE CARLO, April 21 (Reuters) - Roger Federer set up a potential final with closest rival Rafael Nadal when he survived an early scare to defeat Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3 6-4 at the Monte Carlo Masters Series on Saturday.

Dechy beats Japan's Sugiyama to give France 1-0 lead
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:09:30 GMT

LIMOGES, France, April 21 (Reuters) - Nathalie Dechy outplayed Japan's number one Ai Sugiyama 7-5 6-1 to give France a 1-0 lead in their Fed Cup quarter-final on Saturday.

Clijsters to skip U.S. Open
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 13:59:42 GMT

LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - Former world number one Kim Clijsters has decided that Wimbledon will be her last grand slam tournament so she will miss the U.S. Open.

UPDATE 1-Federer beats Ferrero to reach Monte Carlo final
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 13:44:42 GMT

MONTE CARLO, April 21 (Reuters) - Roger Federer set up a potential final with closest rival Rafael Nadal when he survived an early scare to defeat Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3 6-4 at the Monte Carlo Masters Series on Saturday.