Sunday: Caroline Wozniacki struggles against world number one Dinara Safina in the women's final, dropping serve three times in the first set Safina is in charge throughout, sealing a 6-2 6-4 victory in one hour 49 minutes Safina has now won back-to-back titles in Rome and Madrid ahead of next week's French Open Rafael Nadal is back on court to face Roger Federer in the men's final less than 24 hours after his four-hour win over Novak Djokovic Federer saves a couple of early break points before wrestling control from Nadal with the first break Nadal drops the first set in 40 minutes and the home crowd is stunned when his serve is broken again at 2-2 in the second Federer saves two break points in a tense final game before sealing a 6-4 6-4 win and ending a five-match losing streak against Nadal Nadal, Federer, Safina and Wozniacki take centre stage as the prizes are handed out Saturday: Novak Djokovic meets Rafael Nadal in the first semi-final, having pushed him close in the Rome and Monte Carlo finals The effects of his unbeaten run on clay this season appear to be catching up with Nadal when he drops the first set 6-3 Nadal has treatment on his troublesome knee in the second set - but still wins it on a tie-break Djokovic breaks in the deciding set - but he too appears to be suffering physically in a marathon encounter The Serb suffers the agony of seeing three match points slip away in a dramatic final set tie-break And the world number one comes through after an epic four-hour encounter, the longest in Masters history Later Andy Murray's quarter-final victor Juan Martin del Potro faces world number two Roger Federer in the semi-finals But it's Federer who comes out on top beating Del Potro in straight sets to set up a final clash with Nadal In the women's tournament, Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki beats Amelie Mauresmo in straight sets to reach the final Patty Schnyder cannot build on her win over Jelena Jankovic and goes down 6-4 6-2 to Dinara Safina in the second semi-final Friday: A rejuvenated Amelie Mauresmo is the first woman into the semi-finals as she beats Agnes Szavay 5-7 6-1 6-1 World number one Dinara Safina, bidding for a second straight title, overcomes Alona Bondarenko 6-4 6-3 to reach the last four Roger Federer does not have it all his own way as he needs three sets to beat Andy Roddick Rafael Nadal is in trouble in the second set against Fernando Verdasco, but reels off five straight games as he clinches victory Andy Murray is frustrated as he lets a 5-2 lead slip in the opening set against Juan Martin del Potro Argentina's Del Potro, the world number five, senses a first win over Murray in four attempts Murray can do nothing to avoid a straight-sets defeat and later rues his "poor tactics" Thursday: Andy Murray faces a tough test against clay-courter Tommy Robredo but romps to a 7-5 6-1 win to reach the quarters World number two Roger Federer makes light work of 14th seed James Blake, beating the American 6-2 6-4 Third seed Novak Djokovic books a quarter final spot with a 6-4 6-4 victory over Italian Andreas Seppi
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