Posted at 6:27 a.m., Sunday, October 21, 2007
Tennis: Nalbandian upsets Federer in Madrid final
Associated Press
MADRID, Spain — Top-ranked Roger Federer made 38 unforced errors in losing to David Nalbandian 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the Madrid Masters final today.The 25th-ranked Argentine moved Federer around the court with a variety of groundstrokes.
Federer fell to 6-4 in finals this season. He was playing in his first tournament since winning his fourth straight U.S. Open six weeks ago.
It was Federer's first loss on indoor hard courts since Nalbandian rallied to beat him at the Masters Cup in Shanghai nearly two years ago.
Nalbandian, who beat No. 2 Rafael Nadal and No. 3 Novak Djokovic to reach the final, broke Federer three times and became the second player this year to beat the top-three players en route to winning a title.
Djokovic also did it, 13 years after Boris Becker had been the last to do it.
