Rafael Nadal's reign at No. 1 is still young and already the Spaniard heads into the Madrid Masters expecting a fight to hold on to the top spot.

Nadal and Roger Federer both arrive in the Spanish capital refreshed from a three-week break that followed Davis Cup victories for Spain and Switzerland.

Federer also arrives with extra purpose after appearing to finally rebound from a below-par season brought on by a bout of mononucleosis. The second-ranked Swiss comes in on the heels of a U.S. Open victory last month and doubles Olympic gold.

"My goal right now is the same as before, to try my best every day," Nadal said yesterday. "For sure the goal for the end of this season is to try and finish with the No. 1 ranking."

Nadal's career season has come at the expense of Federer.

The 22-year-old Mallorca native rolled over Federer for a fourth consecutive French Open trophy, denied his main rival a sixth Wimbledon title in a row and then snapped Federer's record 237 weeks in the top spot.

Top-ranked Jelena Jankovic won her third title in three weeks, beating Russia's Vera Zvonareva, 6-2, 6-4, in the final of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow.

Igor Kunitsyn won the men's tournament, upsetting fellow Russian Marat Safin for his first ATP Tour title. Kunitsyn, who survived seventh-seeded Safin's 21 aces to win, 7-6 (6), 6-7 (4), 6-3, said he had prepared a speech to congratulate his opponent on the victory.

• Philipp Petzschner upset Gael Monfils, 6-4, 6-4, in the BA Tennis Trophy final in Vienna, Austria, for his first ATP Tour title. The 125th-ranked German, who had never been beyond the quarterfinals of an ATP event before, had to play two qualifying rounds to reach the main draw and became only the third qualifier this season to win an ATP tournament.

• Top-seeded David Nalbandian capped a near perfect week with a 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 win against local favorite Robin Soderling in the Stockholm Open final in Sweden. The seventh-ranked Argentine lost just one set in five matches on the Royal Tennis Hall's hard courts. "

Commissioner David Stern said the league likely would play regular-season games in London before the British capital hosts the 2012 Olympics. Stern, however, also said the possibility of taking meaningful games to Europe was nowhere near a done deal. "It's fair to say that we'll see a minimum of one and possibly more regular-season games by 2012."

• The NBA has formed a joint venture with Anschutz Entertainment Group to design and develop about 12 multipurpose arenas in major Chinese cities. AEG runs the O2, and the venture will be equally owned by the two parties. NBA commissioner Stern did not say when the plan would be starting, or where the buildings would be located.

Having clinched a spot in the CONCACAF qualifying finals for the 2012 World Cup, the United States will sit many of its regulars for Wednesday's match at Trinidad and Tobago. Coach Bob Bradley released nine players from the roster, including eight starters from Saturday night's 6-1 rout of Cuba that clinched advancement.

Penn State freshman Nick Archambault shot back-to-back par-70 rounds to top the individual leader board after two rounds of the Brickyard Collegiate Championship in Macon, Ga.

Kenya's Evans Cheruiyot won his second marathon in two tries, pulling away late from countryman David Mandago before finishing in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 25 seconds to win the Chicago Marathon. Russia's Lidiya Grigoryeva, the 2007 Boston Marathon champion, breezed to her second major victory, clocking in at 2:27:17 and finishing more than two minutes ahead of runner-up Alevtina Biktimirova of Russia (2:29:32).