Post Tagged with: "Nicolas Almagro"
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Juan Carlos Ferrero ends career in Valencia, Ferrer through
Former world no.1 Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain played the last professional singles match of his career against his countryman and good friend Nicolas Almagro in the first round of the Valencia Open 2012 today, with Almagro prevailing 7-5 6-3. Ferrero, who won the 2003 French Open title and reached [...] -
Tsonga to play Berdych for Stockholm Open 2012 title
The two top seed of the Stockholm Open 2012, Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Czech Tomas Berdych will face off in tomorrow’s final. Tsonga booked his place in the final after his opponent Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus was forced to retire due to a groin injury at 6-4 4-6 5-2 in [...] -
Almagro beats Hewitt to reach Stockholm SFs, Baghdatis also wins
Marcos Baghdatis and Nicolas Almagro reached the last four of the Stockholm Open after both posted straight sets wins on Friday. On paper, Baghdatis had the easier route, as he took on 95th-ranked Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania. But the contest proved much tighter in reality, and the Cypriot sealed the [...] -
Miami Tennis Cup Exhibition
Julian Wortelboer, president and CEO of Group NOS, a sports and entertainment promoter from Argentina, has announced the first annual Miami Tennis Cup; an exhibition tournament to be played at the Crandon Park Tennis Center, home of the Sony Ericsson, from November 30 through December 2. The players scheduled to [...] -
Almagro, Hewitt and Youzhny enter QFs in Stockholm, Mayer out
Nicolas Almagro, Lleyton Hewitt, and Mikhail Youzhny are through to the quarterfinals at 2012 Stockholm Open, whilst fourth and eights seeds Mayer and Nieminen bid farewell. As expected, 178th-ranked Marius Copil of Romania fell short to third seed Almagro. This year’s Sao Paulo and Nice conqueror Spaniard remained untroubled during [...] -
Haas beats Almagro in first round of Shanghai Masters 2012
Former world no.2 Tommy Haas came back from a set down to defeat world no.10 Nicolas Almagro in the first round of the 2012 Shanghai Rolex Masters, prevailing 4-6 7-6 (4) 6-2. The German managed to avert seven out of eight break points against Almagro, who is bidding for his [...] -
Spain defeats USA in Davis Cup 2012 Semi-Final
There was no need for a fifth game in Spain’s Davis Cup semi-final clash with the USA in Gijon today as world no. 5 David Ferrer saw off John Isner in four sets to give the Spanish an unassailable 3-1 lead. David Ferrer had already beaten Sam Querrey in four [...] -
Berdych through to the US Open QFs following a 3-Set Victory over Almagro
6th seed Tomas Berdych and 11th seed Nicolas Almagro were no strangers to playing each other when they stepped onto Louis Armstrong Stadium today to compete for a place in the quarterfinals. The pair have already played 4 times this year, including in the 4th round of the Australian Open. [...] -
Cilic ousts Nishikori, Almagro defeats Sock in third round of US Open
Seeded players Marin Cilic and Nicolas Almagro advance into the last sixteen at 2012 US Open after beating Nishikori and Sock in four-setters. Twelfth seeded Cilic has improved on his last US Open result as he proceeded into the fourth round after defeating seventeenth-seeded Japanese Kei Nishikori. The 23-years old [...] -
Almagro Prevails in 5-Set Battle, Nishikori through in Straight Sets
11th seed Nicolas Almagro was forced to grit it out in a 5-set match against 106th ranked Philipp Petzschner today as the threat of an upset loomed. The match started out routinely enough, with Almagro nabbing the only break of the first set to take it at 6-3. From there, [...] -
Almagro defeats Stepanek, Andujar also advances at 2012 US Open
Nicolas Almagro of Spain advanced to the second round of the US Open as he overcame Czech veteran Radek Stepanek in four sets 6-3 6-7 (5) 6-3 6-4. One break for the Spaniard in the seventh game of the first set was enough for him to win the set 6-3 [...] -
Murray Defeats Almagro in Olympic QFs, Storms into Semis
After being seriously tested in the third round by Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus, UK hopeful and third seed Andy Murray made easy work of his quarterfinal opponent. Ranked no. 12 in the world, Nicolas Almagro had not dropped a set in the tournament thus far and was the only Spaniard [...] -
Juan Martin Del Potro marches on to the Olympic Quarter Finals
At Wimbledon on Wednesday, eighth seed in the Men’s Olympic Tennis tournament, Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro faced twelfth seed Gilles Simon of France for a place in the last eight. Del Potro had enjoyed a fairly comfortable route through to the third round of the competition, having not dropped [...]
