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Published: May 16, 2006, 03:36 AM ET
Updated:Feb 10, 2022, 01:17 PM ET

FEDERER, NADAL WITHDRAW FROM HAMBURG MASTERS Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal withdrew from the Hamburg Masters yesterday, a day after their grueling five-set final in Rome. Nadal beat the top-ranked Swiss star 6-7 (0), 7-6 (5), 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (5) in 5 hours, 5 minutes at the Rome Masters on Sunday to equal Guillermo Vilas’s record 53-match winning streak on clay. Federer was scheduled to play German wild card Rainer Schuttler in the first round Tuesday, while Nadal was to meet Tommy Haas. The withdrawals left third-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia as the top seeded player in the tournament.

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