Archive for category: Nicolas Almagro
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Second-Seed Almagro Survives Scare to Meet Hajek in Bastad Semis
Fate smiled on second-seeded Nicolas Almagro as he weathered a tricky quarter-final against fellow Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver at the SkiStar Swedish open in Bastad. Had a first set tie-break gone the other way, Almagro would have been staring into the abyss against his unseeded opponent, who rallied to take the [...] -
Nicolas Almagro Interview Pre Wimbledon 2012
The Stevegtennis.com tennis team had a quick chat with Nicolas Almagro (world number 11) after his pre Wimbledon exhibition match at The Boodles. Almagro finished the 2009 season ranked 26, the 2010 season ranked 15, and last season ranked 10. Nicolas talks about his amazing single handed backhand, and how [...] -
Nadal to play Ferrer in the French Open semis
Rafael Nadal will play fellow Spaniard David Ferrer for a place in the 2012 Roland Garros final. Defending champion Nadal is yet to drop a set at this year’s French Open after defeating Nicolas Almagro 7-6 (4) 6-2 6-3 in today’s quarterfinals. Although the score suggests a fairly straight forward [...] -
Nadal and Murray advance into Roland Garros QFs
Defending champion Rafael Nadal completely destroyed his opponent Juan Monaco of Argentina, winning 6-2 6-0 6-0 in just 1 hour and 46 minutes. Monaco, who ousted Raonic in the previous round, took a 2-1 lead in the first set. But that was as far as he could get on this [...] -
Del Potro victorious against Berdych in Paris, plays Federer in QFs
Argentine Juan Martin del Potro only needed one more set to win against Tomas Berdych in a match that started yesterday, but got suspended because of darkness. Del Potro managed to wrap it up today and eliminated the no.7 seed Czech, winning 7-6 (6) 1-6 6-3 7-5. The last meeting [...] -
Murray and Ferrer put on a strong performance, move into last 16 in Paris
Andy Murray’s back seemed to have got a lot better as he put on a solid performance on his way to a 6-3 6-4 6-4 victory over Colombian Santiago Giraldo, moving into the last 16 of the French Open. Murray was in control of the match all the way through, [...] -
Almagro beats comeback boy Baker to win Nice title
Nicolas Almagro ended Brian Baker’s dream run at this year’s Nice Open, beating him 6-3 6-2 in today’s final and retaining his last year’s trophy. This is the 12th ATP Tour victory for the world no.14 Spaniard, who hasn’t lost a single set throughout this year’s tournament. He managed to [...] -
Almagro to play Baker in Nice final
The dream comeback doesn’t seem to end for the American Brian Baker after he booked himself a final spot at the Nice Open after defeating Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko 6-7 (5) 6-4 6-2. This will be the first ever ATP Tour final for Baker, who got handed a wild card for [...] -
Almagro to face Simon in Nice semis
Defending champion Nicolas Almagro will play against the Frenchman Gilles Simon for the final spot at the Nice Open. Spanish 3rd seed Almagro overcame Belgian Steve Darcis in straight sets 6-4 6-4 and no.2 seed Gilles Simon of France eliminated Brazilian qualifier Thomaz Bellucci 7-5 6-0 to book his place [...] -
Berdych wins, Isner out of Rome
Madrid Open runner-up Tomas Berdych overcame Poland’s Lukasz Kubot 6-4 6-1 and booked his place in the third round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome. The Czech came back from a break down in the first set after he managed to take his opponent’s serve in the 8th game [...] -
Federer wins against Gasquet, moves into the QFs in Madrid
The Swiss maestro Roger Federer eased into the quarterfinals of the Madrin Open with a 6-3 6-2 victory over France’s Richard Gasquet. Federer was tested yesterday by Canadian Milos Raonic, who took him to three sets, only losing in the tiebreak of the decider. Today’s match proved to be a [...] -
Nadal beats Nieminen at Monte Carlo Masters
In a re-match of their 2011 Monte Carlo Masters encounter, no.2 seed and defending champion Rafael Nadal beat Jarkko Nieminen of Finland 6-4 6-3 and moved into the third round. An early break for Nadal in the very first game of the match secured him the first set. Nadal, watched [...] -
Spain will face USA in Davis Cup semis
USA set up a Davis Cup semifinal encounter against the defending champions Spain as they beat France 3-2. World no.10 John Isner once again proved that he can play on any surface, defeating French no.1 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3 7-6 (4) 5-7 6-3. The American team with dismissed Switzerland in this [...]
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