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| May 8, 2006 | Monday | Rabi-us-Sani 9, 1427 |
Nalbandian overpowers Davydenko
LISBON, May 7: Top seed David Nalbandian of Argentina beat Russia's Nikolay Davydenko to take the men's singles title at the Estoril Open on Sunday.
Nalbandian, the world number four, beat second-seeded Davydenko 6-3 6-4 at a windy National Stadium to take his second Estoril title after victory in 2002.
The win over Davydenko, the world number six, gave Nalbandian a three-to-two career advantage in head-to-head matches.
CLIJSTERS WINS 1ST TITLE
WARSAW: Belgian Kim Clijsters claimed her first title of the season when she defeated Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova to win the Warsaw Cup.
Her 7-5 6-2 victory not only denied Kuznetsova, playing the 300th match of her career, a second title of the year after she had won in Miami, but meant she has now lost three consecutive Warsaw finals.
She was beaten by Venus Williams in 2004 and Justine Henin-Hardenne in 2005, and has not won a title on her favoured clay surface since she won in Helsinki as a qualifier in 2002.
Top seed Clijsters, who conceded the number one ranking to Amelie Mauresmo in March, was playing only her fifth tournament of the year after suffering ankle and hip injuries.
The title is her first since she won on home soil in Belgium last October.
Both players struggled to produce their best tennis and Kuznetsova in particular made far too many errors. —Reuters
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