ATP MASTERS SERIES MONTE-CARLO

ATP MASTERS SERIES MONTE-CARLO
Saturday
At The Monte-Carlo Country Club
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Purse: $2.52 million (Masters)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles Semifinals
Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Gaston Gaudio (7), Argentina, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1. Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. Fernando Gonzalez (12), Chile, 6-2, 6-4.
Doubles Semifinals
Fabrice Santoro, France, and Nenad Zimonjic (3), Serbia-Montenegro, def. Jose Acasuso and Sebastian Prieto, Argentina, 6-3, 6-1. Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden, and Max Mirnyi (1), Belarus, def. Mahesh Bhupathi, India, and Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, 6-3, 7-5.
FED CUP RESULTS
Saturday
WORLD GROUP
FIRST ROUND
France 1, Italy 1
At Nancy, France
(clay indoors)
Francesca Schiavone, Italy, def. Nathalie Dechy, France, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3. Amelie Mauresmo, France, def. Flavia Pennetta, Italy, 6-1, 6-1.
Spain 2, Austria 0
At Valencia, Spain
(clay outdoors)
Lourdes Domiguez-Lino, Spain, def. Sybille Bammer, Austria, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3. Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, def. Yvonne Meusburger, Austria, 6-3, 7-5.
United States 2, Germany 0
At Ettenheim, Germany
(clay outdoors)
Jamea Jackson, United States, def. Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5. Jill Craybas, United States, def. Julia Schruff, Germany, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.
Russia 1, Belgium 1
At Liege, Belgium
(clay indoors)
Elena Dementieva, Russia, def. Kim Clijsters, 6-4, 6-3. Justine Henin-Hardenne, Belgium, def. Nadia Petrova, Russia, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-3.
WORLD GROUP II
FIRST ROUND
Japan 2, Switzerland 0
At Tokyo
(hard indoors)
Aiko Nakamura, Japan, def. Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. Ai Sugiyama, Japan, def. Stefanie Vogele, Switzerland, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1.
Croatia 1, Argentina 1
At Zagreb, Croatia
(carpet indoors)
Karolina Sprem, Croatia, def. Maria-Jose Argeri, Argentina, 6-2, 6-4. Mariana Diaz-Oliva, Argentina, def. Ivana Lisjak, Croatia, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.