King of Clay molds fifth straight Monte Carlo title

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	Rafael Nadal It's clay season, engrave the trophies in advance. World No. 1 wins still another title in Monte Carlo, his fifth straight.


	Sabine Lisicki German up-and-comer beat Venus Williams and then put together three more wins to take the Family Circle Cup title in Charleston, S.C. In the finals, she beat Caroline Wozniacki.


	Roberta Vinci She came, she saw, she conquered in Barcelona.


	Andy Roddick The second top-10 player to wed this month. And, like Pete Sampras, he gets Elton John to sing at the ceremony.


	Christina McHale New Jerseyan dominated top-seeded Lauren Embree to win her first Easter Bowl title, in the girls' 18s ITF event at the 42nd annual national championships at the Rancho Las Palmas Resort in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Other Easter Bowl winners here.


	Doubles Winners Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonkic in Monte Carlo. Nadia Petrova (left) and Bethanie Mattek-Sands in Charleston. Nuria Llagostera Vives and María Jose Martínez Sánchez in Barcelona.


	Novak Djokovic Not only reaches Monte Carlo final, but also stars in this all-time great commercial.


	Bob Moran Charleston tournament director made it through the week with a broken jaw.


	Felix Mantilla Completed an emotional comeback just two years after recovering from skin cancer as he became the first player in history to win an ATP Champions Tour and an ATP World Tour title in Barcelona. In the final of the Champions Cup on Sunday, Mantilla beat Albert Costa 6-4, 6-1.


	Marion Bartoli Gave my son her autograph, thus making a 7-year-old's week.


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	Roger Federer Still looking for traction in 2009, after falling in Monte Carlo to countryman Stan Wawrinka.


	Williamses in Charleston Serena pulls out with an injury and Venus falls to Lisicki in her second match.