MMMM 2007 : 2007


GINEPRI EARNS A CHANCE AGAINST FEDERER

Robby Ginepri lined up a second-round test against
Roger Federer at the Madrid Masters as he upset Austrian Jurgen
Melzer 2-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 on Monday.

The win was only the fifth since Wimbledon for the 72nd-ranked American, a Madrid qualifier whose form has taken a dive in recent seasons.

Federer, playing on the ATP for the first time since winning a fourth consecutive US Open title in September, then failing to save Switzerland in Davis Cup relegation, owns a 3-0 record over Ginepri.

Their last meeting was a quarter-final here a year ago which the Swiss swept in straight sets.

Argentine Juan Monaco also produced a comeback effort to start the penultimate Masters event of the season, with the race for the eight-man Masters Cup in Shanghai tightening with three weeks of ATP play remaining.

Monaco recovered to defeat Russian Igor Andreev 6-7 (5-7), 6-0, 6-4. Argentine Juan Del Potro also reached the second round, eliminating Italian Potito Starace 7-5, 6-1.

The South American next plays German Tommy Haas, the 11th seed, who stands eighth in the race to the season wrapup thanks to a Stockholm semi-final at the weekend.

Stefan Koubek knocked out Jarkko Nieminen four days after the Finn reached the Stockholm quarter-finals, with the Austrian earning a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 victory.

Russian Nikolay Davydenko, seeded fourth, became the fought man to clinch a place in China alongside Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, the weekend Vienna champion.

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