Retired general Tommy Franks, former CIA director George Tenet and former Iraq administrator L. Paul Bremer received the the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States.
Israel's Hanna Laslo won the best actress prize for her performance in "Free Zone", a drama envisioning a Middle East freed of its borders.
Four of Nadal's closest rivals failed to make the last 16, however, as third seed Ivan Ljubicic, fifth seed Nikolay Davydenko, eighth seed James Blake and ninth seed Marcos Baghdatis were upset in their ties.
Croatian Ivan Ljubicic grabbed the last ticket to the eight-strong Masters Cup on Friday.
Third and fourth seeds Nikolay Davydenko and Guillermo Coria were eliminated in the Madrid Masters.
Ivan Ljubicic reached his second final in two weeks when he beat fifth-seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo.
Spain are experiencing their worst French Open campaign for almost 20 years despite having Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer through to the fourth round.
Call it sacrifice or compromise but Coric is ditching the sinful tiramisu.
Second seed Hewitt survived an enterprising challenge from Czech Lukas Dlouhy while Haas edged past 147th-ranked Irakli Labadze at the Thailand Open.
Roger Federer beat Russian Mikhail Youzhny at the Dubai Open on Saturday.
The Indian qualifier, who savoured his best ever performance on the ATP World Tour, went down fighting 4-6, 6-4, 3-6 against the world number 45 from South Africa in the quarter-finals played on Friday.
The top seeds were shocked by Tommy Haas of Germany and Jurgen Melzer of Austria in the \nPilot Pen tournament.
Tommy Haas beat Russia's Dmitry Tursunov 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the final of the Los Angeles Open.
The Indo-Belarussian pair take on Jiri Novak and Petr Pala of Czechlovakia, at the ATP Estoril Open.
Tommy Haas went out of the Munich Open in the first round, losing 6-4, 6-4 to Sebastien Grosjean.
Rafael Nadal cruised into the Swedish Open final with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over fellow Spaniard Tommy Robredo.
Roger Federer eased through to the Halle Open final with a 6-4, 7-6 win over Germany's Tommy Haas.
World number one Roger Federer breezed through to the Halle Open semi-finals with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber.
Tommy Robredo won his first Masters Series title, defeating Radek Stepanek 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 in the final in Hamburg
Tommy Haas and Alexander Waske rallied the Germans to a 2-1 win over favourites Argentina.
Spain's Carlos Moya pulled out of next week's Paris Masters on Sunday with a shoulder injury, organisers said.
The world number one golfer finished on 12-under 201 to lead Tommy Armour III by one stroke at the Chrysler Championship after three rounds.
Tim Henman and Juan Carlos Ferrero slumped to demoralising defeats in the second round.
The world No. 1 thrashed Tomas Berdych to reach the third round of the Hamburg Masters.
People magazine has named former England football player David Beckham as its Sexiest Man Alive for 2015.
The French Open champion overcame a mid-match slump to defeat Spaniard Tommy Robredo 6-1, 2-6, 6-1 in the final.
The Romanian will take on David Nalbandian in the final of the Munich Open.
Gaudio beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in a three set semi-final at the Estoril Open while Robredo advanced after Carlos Moya retired.
The two former world number ones and French Open champions traded blows and counter-punches for two hours 48 minutes.
The fifth seeded German needed two hours and 11 minutes to see off the top seed and defending champion in the quarter-finals of the U.S. Clay Court championships.
