“I thought the rhythm was very high,” said Federer of his match with Kohlschreiber. “We played a lot of tough points. I really thought from my side it was an excellent match.”

The 31-year-old Haas won his 12th career title in 21 finals, with a streak of seven straight final victories.

Did that really happen? Did Rafael Nadal just lose today to Robin Soderling at the French Open? That Robin Soderling!

Novak Djokovic keeps on winning while local fav Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick have yet to play in Madrid.

“I didn’t feel comfortable at any moment in the match, so I was all the time playing behind and I tried to find my game,” said Safin. “I couldn’t do anything special so it was annoying to be there on the court and not be able to find the game, so basically I had to wait for his mistakes. It was a little bit absurd, so, it’s a disappointment but what can you do?”