Federer, Nadal to Monte Carlo quarters (AP)

Published 4/24/2008 at Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News

Roger Federer beat Gael Monfils of France 6-3, 6-4 Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Masters. The 12-time Grand Slam champion overcame an early break against Monfils and looked to have recovered a day after he had to come back from 5-1 down in the third set to beat 137th-ranked Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo. [link]

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