It Ain't The Surface

Reuters

It's the brain. I've been saying that about American men on clay forever, and James Blake provides further evidence by beating Nikolay Davydenko in a heldover semifinal and then holding not one, but two match, points on Albert Montanes in the championship match, only to choke them away and eat a bagel in the final set.

Singles -Final
[7] A Montanes (ESP) d [4] J Blake (USA) 57 76(6) 60

Singles Semifinals
[4] J Blake (USA) d [2] N Davydenko (RUS) 67(3) 76(2) 63

Doubles - Final
E Butorac (USA) / S Lipsky (USA) d [4] M Damm (CZE) / R Lindstedt (SWE) 63 62

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AP

Tomas Berdych from Czech holds the trophy during the winner ceremony after the final match against Mikhail Youzhny from Russia at the ATP BMW open tennis tournament in Munich, southern Germany, on Sunday, May 10, 2009.

Singles - Final
[4] T Berdych (CZE) d M Youzhny (RUS) 64 46 76(5)

Doubles - Final
J Hernych (CZE) / I Minar (CZE) d [2] A Fisher (AUS) / J Kerr (AUS) 64 64

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Getty

Serbia's Novak Djokovic holds up his trophy after winning the Serbia Open ATP tournament against Poland's Lukasz Kubot on May 10, 2009 in Belgrade. As Graf_Sampras pointed out in the sidebar, Kubot is the first Pole to reach an ATP final since 1983. The 26-year-old turned pro in 2002 and has won 6 challenger titles. He'll probably consider this an early birthday gift. He turns 27 on Saturday.



Singles - Final
[1] N Djokovic (SRB) d [LL] L Kubot (POL) 63 76(0)

Doubles - Final
J Brunstrom (SWE) / J Rojer (AHO) vs [2] L Kubot (POL) / O Marach (AUT)

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Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open

Singles - First Round
S Querrey (USA) d [15] R Stepanek (CZE) 76(2) 52 ret.
[16] T Robredo (ESP) d N Kiefer (GER) 36 62 62
[WC] J Ferrero (ESP) d I Kunitsyn (RUS) 63 46 64

Singles - First Round
(4) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. (WC) Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) 62 61
Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. (10) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 76(4) 61
Agnes Szavay (HUN) d. (12) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 63 67(2) 62
(Q) Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. (13) Alize Cornet (FRA) 75 61
Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. (16) Kaia Kanepi (EST) 62 23 ret. (left hip injury)
Patty Schnyder (SUI) d. Sara Errani (ITA) 62 63
Li Na (CHN) d. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 57 61 75
Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 62 62
Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. Sybille Bammer (AUT) 41 ret. (neck sprain)
(Q) Aravane Rezai (FRA) d. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 63 64
(WC) Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) d. (Q) Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) 76(5) 64

Doubles - First Round
Dulko/Peer (ARG/ISR) d. Craybas/Schiavone (USA/ITA) 36 63 106
Jans/Rosolska (POL/POL) d. Yan/Zheng (CHN/CHN) 62 60