Doha, Qatar -- Spain's Alvaro Quiros shot 8-under-par 64 Saturday, giving him a one-stroke lead after the third round of the Qatar Masters golf tournament at Doha.

His 54 hole total, 16-under 200, matches the tournament record set by Scotland's Paul Lawrie in 1999.

Quiros sizzled from the start Saturday at the Doha golf club course, making birdies at three of the first four holes, and his bogey-free round included eight birdies in all.

"I'm very happy," said the 26-year-old Spaniard, the longest hitter on the European golf tour. "I worked hard last week and it looks like the scores are starting to come."

On Sunday, he seeks the third tournament title in his third season on the tour.

Overnight leader Louis Oosthuizen (69) of South Africa is alone in second place at 15-under-par 201, despite a double-bogey at the par-4 fifth hole.

Doha, Qatar -- Scot Andy Murray won his second straight Qatar Open Saturday, beating American Andy Roddick in straight sets.

The third-seeded Murray broke service in the first set and went on to win his ninth ATP title 6-4, 6-2.

Murray had eliminated Swiss star Roger Federer in the semifinals.

Roddick, who was seeded No. 4, was trying for his 27th singles title on the tour.

Murray is 6-2 lifetime against Roddick.

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Doha, Qatar -- Returning champion Andy Murray turned on the after-burner and upset former world No. 1 Roger Federer in a semifinal Friday at the Qatar Open.

Another former No. 1, Andy Roddick, downed Gael Monfils in Friday's other tennis semifinal.

The Qatar Open, the ATP World Tour's season-opener, is a $1.11 million tuneup for the Australian Open.

Third-seeded Murray downed Federer for the fifth time in seven tries, coming from behind to defeat the second-seeded Swiss Federer 6-7 (6-8), 6-2, 6-2 in two hours and four minutes.

Fourth-seeded Roddick triumphed over the fifth-seeded Monfils, 7-6 (7-1), 3-6, 6-3. Monfils, the 2008 French Open semifinalist, had upset world No. 1 Rafael Nadal in straight sets during Thursday's quarterfinals.

Doha, Qatar -- Frenchman Gael Monfils slammed seven aces and made three service breaks Thursday to knock world No. 1 and top-seed Rafael Nadal out of the Qatar Open.

Monfils, the tournament's fifth seed, disposed of the Spaniard in a little less than an hour and a half and moved on to the semifinals.

Second-seeded Swiss star Roger Federer also advanced, managing to hold off No. 8 Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-2, 7-6 (8-6).

Federer, a 13-time Grand Slam winner, won the Qatar event in 2005 and 2006.

Defending champion Andy Murray of Britain and American Andy Roddick also reached the semifinals.

Murray, the No. 3 seed, breezed past Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-4, 6-2 and will take on Federer in the semis.

Roddick, seeded fourth, ousted Romanian Victor Hanescu 6-3, 6-2 and will go against Monfils.

Doha, Qatar -- Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer breezed to one-sided wins Wednesday in the Qatar Open.

Nadal, the top seed, whipped Slovakian qualifier Karol Beck 6-1, 6-2 and Federer, the No. 2 seed, was a 6-3, 6-3 victor over Italy's Andreas Seppi.

Nadal will go against Frenchman Gael Monfils in the quarterfinals. Monfils moved ahead with a 7-5, 7-6 (7-4) over countryman Nicolas Devilder.

Federer will play the No. 8 seed, German Philipp Kohlschreiber, who beat Belgian Kristof Vliegen 6-4, 6-7, (4-7), 6-4, in the quarters.

Third-seeded Andy Murray of Britain also won, turning back German Philipp Petzschner 6-2, 6-4 and No. 4 Andy Roddick of the United States eliminated French wild card Arnaud Clement 6-3, 7-5.

Doha, Qatar -- Three of the top four men tennis players -- world No. 1 Rafael Nadal, former top-ranked Roger Federer and Andy Murray -- were winners Tuesday at the Qatar Open.

The three highlight first-round play at the ATP World Tour's $1.11 million season-opening at the Qatar Open.

Top-seeded Nadal beat 36-year-old Frenchman Fabrice Santoro 6-0, 6-1; second-seeded Federer beat Italian Potito Starace 6-2, 6-2; and third-seeded Murray beat Spaniard Albert Montanes 6-2, 6-4.

Murray, reigning Doha champion and U.S. Open runner-up, defeated Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka in last year's Qatar Open finale.

Nadal is the reigning Wimbledon, French Open and Olympic titlist, while Federer is the current U.S. Open champ and won this Doha event back-to- back in 2005 and 2006.

Doha, Qatar -- American Andy Roddick was a first-round winner Monday in the Qatar Open, cruising to a 6-1, 6-3 decision over Spain's Ivan Navarro.

Roddick is the No. 4 seed in the event, which is considered a tuneup for the Australian open, coming up in two weeks.

Fifth-seeded Frenchman Gael Monfils also had a decisive first-round win, beating Czech Jan Hernych, 6-2, 6-2.

Other opening-round winners included Romanian Victor Hanescu, Italy's Andreas Seppi, Nicolas Devilder of France, German Philipp Petzscner and Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky.

The tournament's top-seed is Rafael Nadal. Roger Federer is seeded No. 2.

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Doha, Qatar -- Qatar companies will have jobs for 37,000 Filipinos in the next few years, Philippines President Gloria Arroyo said during a visit to the Middle Eastern nation.

"I am glad to hear that there are 37,000 more job openings here for Filipinos," Arroyo said Saturday. "It just confirms the information we have from all over the world that employment among our workers is strong."

She made the comments at a meeting in Doha with chief executive officers and high-level executives of several companies that employ Filipino workers, The Peninsula reported Sunday.

Arroyo said the jobs in Qatar would make up for losses sustained by about 1,000 Filipino workers in other countries.

"For the few Filipinos who have lost their jobs -- so far our count is only 1,000, those that are confirmed, and around 500 who may lose their jobs -- the 37,000 jobs offered by these companies here in Qatar will make up for whoever loses or may lose their jobs," Arroyo said, noting the strong job-placement rate for Filipinos even with the global recession.

Doha, Qatar-- Jelena Jankovic, the world's top-ranked women's tennis player, won her match Thursday at the round-robin Sony Ericsson Championships at Doha, Qatar.

The Serbian, the No. 1 seed at the season-ending tournament, secured a berth in Saturday's semifinals with a 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 victory over No. 6 Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia in the White Group.

"In the beginning for a couple of games I played very well, but then I kind of stopped," said Jankovic, who hurt her back midway through the match.

Kuznetsova sank to 0-2 and has been eliminated from semifinal contention, along with Serbia's Ana Ivanovic.

In the Maroon Group, reigning Wimbledon champion Venus Williams, the seventh seed, recorded a 5-7, 6-1, 6-0 win over her younger sister, Serena, the third seed. In another Maroon Group match, fifth-seeded Elena Dementieva of Russia downed compatriot and No. 2 seed Dinara Safina 6-2, 6-4.