He beat second-placed Nico Rosberg by two-thirds of a second.
■ Top-seeded David Ferrer became the first Spaniard in 37 years to reach the Stockholm Open final when he beat fifth-seeded Ernests Gulbis of Latvia, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1.
The American Jared Palmer, a qualifier, pulled off the day's biggest upset when he beat fifth-seeded Sjeng Schalken of the Netherlands, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2.
He beat eighth-ranked Richard Krajicek on Thursday and No. 9 Andre Agassi on Wednesday, the first time Spadea had beaten top-10 players back to back in the same tournament.
ARTHURS SPRINGS UPSET: Australia's Wayne Arthurs provided the first upset of the Sybase Open in San Jose, Calif., yesterday when he beat fifth-seeded Sjeng Schalken of the Netherlands, 6-4, 6-4 in the first round.
He beat second-placed South African Richard Murray by 20 seconds, with Olympic silver medallist Javier Gomez finishing eighth.
Briton Dan Evans reached his first semi-final on the ATP Tour as he beat third seed Philipp Kohlschreiber in three sets at the Zagreb Indoors.
A few years back, when Allex made the case for opening a factory in Cameron County, he knew whom he was trying to beat: first, the Northeasterners, then the Carolinians, then the Mexicans.
Raikkonen drove his Lotus aggressively and smartly to win the race on one fewer pit stop than Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, who he beat into second and third places.
He beat his first opponent, Hugo Chapacu, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2.
