2007 Monte Carlo Masters

TennisEventInfo|2007|Monte Carlo Masters
date=April 14 – April 22
edition=101st
champs= flagicon|ESP Rafael Nadal
champd= flagicon|USA Bob Bryan / flagicon|USA Mike Bryan

The 2007 Monte Carlo Masters was a tennis tournament held on April 14–22 2007. It was part of the 2007 ATP Masters Series.

Review

Rafael Nadal won his third consecutive title and Monte Carlo in 2007. The Spaniard, second seed, defeated the current world number one, Roger Federer in one hour and thirty-six minutes 6–4, 6–4.

Before the tournament began, British number one Andy Murray pulled out due to back problems. During the first round matches, there were only a few shocks, with seeded players Jarkko Nieminen and Marcos Baghdatis failing to make it past there unseeded opponents. The second round the higher seeded players due to them all receiving a bye through the first round. Roger Federer defeated Italian Andreas Seppi, and Rafael Nadal beat Juan Ignacio Chela in straight sets. The highest seeded player not to make it into the third round was third seed Nikolay Davydenko. He was defeated by Swedish player Robin Soderling. Other casualties in the second round were Fernando González, Mikhail Youzhny and David Nalbandian.

In the third round, there were no shock results, with Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer both easing into the next round in straight sets. The quarter final draw was:

* [1] Roger Federer vs David Ferrer [12]
* [16] Juan Carlos Ferrero vs Richard Gasquet [11]
* [10] Tomas Berdych vs Robin Soderling
* Philipp Kohlschreiber vs Rafael Nadal [2]

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer both eased through into the semi-finals. However, both the other matches went to three sets. Juan Carlos Ferrero beat eleventh seed Richard Gasquet 5–7, 7–5, 6–2. Plus, Tomáš Berdych beat the unseeded Swedish player Robin Söderling 5–7, 6–3, 6–0.

In semi-finals, Federer and Nadal beat their opponents in straight sets to meat each other in the final. After over and hour and a half of tennis however, Rafael Nadal was victorious defeating the world number one in two sets.

Nadal won his third consecutive Monte Carlo Masters, becoming the first man to achieve this and equalling Thomas Muster's record of 3 wins in the process.

The tournament, despite his loss in the final, represented an upturn in fortunes for Roger Federer. After winning the 2007 Australian Open and prestigious Dubai Tennis Championships, Federer suffered early losses in Indian Wells and Miami, tournaments he had won both of in the previous two years.

Champions

Men's Singles

flagicon|ESP Rafael Nadal def. flagicon|SUI Roger Federer, 6–4, 6–4

Men's Doubles

flagicon|USA Bob Bryan / flagicon|USA Mike Bryan def. flagicon|FRA Julien Benneteau / flagicon|FRA Richard Gasquet, 6–2, 6–1

External links

* [http://montecarlo.masters-series.com/1/en/home/ Homepage]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/en/common/TrackIt.asp?file=http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2007/410/mds.pdf Singles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/en/common/TrackIt.asp?file=http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2007/410/mdd.pdf Doubles Draw]