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Still streaking

Nadal wins 47th straight match, 11th title on clay

Posted: Monday May 1, 2006 1:03PM; Updated: Wednesday May 3, 2006 11:10AM
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Who Why They're Up
Rafael Nadal
Another week, another clay title, this one in Barcelona. With his defeat of Tommy Robredo in the final, Nadal has won 47 straight matches on clay, breaking a tie with Björn Borg for second place on the Open-era list behind Guillermo Vilas (53). Nadal has won his last 12 finals.
Doubles winners
Julian Knowle (left) and Jurgen Melzer in Casablanca. Daniel Nestor and Mark Knowles in Barcelona.
Daniele Bracciali
Italian veteran (and Andy Roddick fan club chairman, Umbria chapter) wins first career title, defeating top seed Nicolas Massu 6-1, 6-4 in the final of the Grand Prix Hassan II in Casablanca.
Al Costa
Somehow fitting that his final match was against J.C. Ferrero, the same player he beat to win his only Grand Slam.
Todd Martin
In his second "post-ATP event," Pops defeated John McEnroe 6-4, 1-6, 10-7 (super tiebreak) in the final at the inaugural Champions Cup Boston, the second event on the 2006 Outback Champions Series tennis circuit, played at the Bosse Sports Club.
Anna Kournikova
Was that really Anna at the White House Correspondents' Dinner? (And if so, was she as disappointed with Stephen Colbert as the rest of us?)
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Who Why They're Down
Guillermo Coria
The Argentine's game is in disrepair. He won all of two games in a double-fault-athon against Nicolas Almagro in Barcelona.
Wimbledon trophies
First Borg, now this. Must have something to do with the unequal prize money.
Justine Henin-Hardenne
She was forced to pull out of the Warsaw event with a back injury.
Indonesia
At press time the government was forbidding the country's Fed Cup team to play against Israel.
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