Federer, Nadal to Monte Carlo quarters (AP) 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. Publish Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:13:07 PDT Read more...