Federer and Nadal to meet in Madrid final

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05/15/2010 - Madrid, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - World No. 1 Roger Federer outlasted Spain's David Ferrer in Saturday's semifinal at the $3.6 million Madrid Open and will meet rival Rafael Nadal in the final.

Federer earned a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 victory over Ferrer in a clay-court French Open tune-up. The Swiss superstar will be meeting Nadal for the first time since downing the Spaniard in last year's Madrid final.

The 28-year-old Federer and 16-time Grand Slam winner is only 7-13 all-time against Nadal. Federer, a two-time winner of this event, will be making his fourth finals appearance in the last five years. He improved to 26-4 lifetime in the Madrid Open.

In Saturday's earlier semifinal matchup, the second-seeded Nadal came from behind to beat fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Nadal, who dropped his first set this week, still managed to improve to 14-0 on clay in 2010 while remaining undefeated in six lifetime matches with Almagro.

The four-time French Open champ will by vying for his third title in three events, having recently captured championships in Monte Carlo and Rome.

Nadal, who will move back up to No. 2 in the world rankings next week, is also seeking a record 18th Masters title. Nadal and Andre Agassi currently share the record with 17 Masters titles apiece.

Nadal was the Madrid winner back in 2005.

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Barry Bonds is a 50-1 long shot to be this year's home run champ odds.  The favorite to be this year's home run champ is none other than Albert Pujols, however.

Now that Barry Bonds is signed and in Giants camp, it is on to his pursuit of all of sports most prestigious records: the all-time home run mark. Bonds sits just 21 homers shy of tying Hank Aaron for the career mark at 755. Word out of Giants’ camp is that Bonds is the healthiest he has been in a few years. Bonds is just two seasons removed from his injury riddled 2005 campaign where he played in only 14 games and hit only 5 home runs. He did come back last year and had a solid season hitting .270 with 26 bombs. All eyes will be on Bonds this spring and summer not only because of his home run chase but his highly publicized steroid abuse allegations. If and when Bonds breaks the record, he surely will not get the positive attention one should for breaking a record that was once thought of as “unbreakable”. Despite Bonds decent season last year, he is just 50-1 at MySportsbook.com to lead the MLB in long balls this season.

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