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Stewart Breaks Through for All-Star Victory
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Tony Stewart won his first race as a team owner last night, breaking through for a $1 million payday with a victory in the annual all-star race at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.
Stewart passed Matt Kenseth with two laps to go of a thrilling final 10-lap shootout to win his first all-star event in 12 starts. It was the first victory since he left Joe Gibbs Racing at the end of last year, after two championships and 10 successful seasons, to become co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing.
Stewart became the second driver-owner to win the all-star race, joining Geoff Bodine (1994).
Kenseth finished second and was followed by Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin and Carl Edwards. . . .
Robert Doornbos shook off two crashes in practice last week and led the third of four rounds of time trials for the Indianapolis 500 as the final 11 spots in the 33-car field were tentatively filled for the May 24 race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
TENNIS
It's Nadal vs. Federer
Top-ranked Rafael Nadal saved three match points before beating Novak Djokovic, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (11-9), to reach the Madrid Open final, where he has another date with Roger Federer.
Nadal reached his seventh final this season after a 33rd straight win on clay. The match took 4 hours 3 minutes, the longest three-set match in Masters Series history.
Federer, who beat Juan Martin del Potro, 6-3, 6-4, in the second semifinal, has lost his last five matches against Nadal, including the finals at the French Open, Wimbledon and Australian Open in February. Nadal is 9-1 on clay against Federer. It will be their first match in Spain.
On the women's side, Dinara Safina beat Switzerland's Patty Schnyder, 6-4, 6-2, to set up a women's final against Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki, who advanced after a 7-6 (7-1), 6-3 victory over Amelie Mauresmo.
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