Post Tagged with: "Nicolas Almagro"
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Nadal takes first step towards the 7th Roland Garros title
World no.2 Rafael Nadal started his Roland Garros title defence in style as he crushed Italy’s Simone Bolelli 6-2 6-2 6-1 and moved into the second round. With this win, Nadal improved his French Open record to 46-1 and he will be eager to go down in history as the [...] -
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 [...] -
Djokovic overcomes battling Monaco in Rome
Novak Djokovic battled his way into the quarterfinal of the Rome Tennis Masters after he came back from a set down against Argentine Juan Monaco, winning 4-6 6-2 6-3. The Serbian was going into the match with a 5-0 head to head record against Monaco, having won their last encounter [...] -
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 [...] -
Murray cruises into Barcelona Open quarters, plays Raonic next
Andy Murray cruised into the last 8 of the Barcelona Open after he overpowered Colombian Santiago Giraldo 6-1 6-2. Two breaks of serve for Murray secured him the first set. He took Giraldo’s serve at the beginning of set 2, but the Colombian broke back to level the score at [...] -
Ferrer, Lopez advance at Barcelona Open
3rd seed David Ferrer of Spain didn’t waste too much time on his way to victory over the Serbian wild card holder Filip Krajinovic as he dismissed him 6-0 6-3. Ferrer will now play his countryman Albert Montanes, who defeated Australian Bernard Tomic 6-0 5-7 7-5. Feliciano Lopez joined Ferrer [...] -
Nadal destroys Kukushkin at the Monte Carlo Masters
World no.2 Rafael Nadal destroyed Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan 6-1 6-1 and moved into the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters quarterfinals. As the rain interrupted today’s day play, Nadal was forced to play his match under floodlights. It didn’t seem to bother him as he crushed his opponent and set up [...] -
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 [...] -
Argentina wins doubles in Davis Cup QF against Croatia
David Nalbandian and Eduardo Schwank secured the second point for the Argentine Davis Cup team as they beat the Croatians Marin Cilic and Ivo Karlovic in a five set match 3-6 7-6 (6) 6-3 6-7 (6) 8-6. With one minute short of five hours, this was the second marathon match [...] -
Spain takes a 2-0 lead against Austria in the Davis Cup QF
In the absence of world no.2 Rafael Nadal, Spanish duo Nicolas Almagro and David Ferrer secured the first two points for the hosts Spain in their Davis Cup quarterfinal encounter in Marina d’Or against Austria. Almagro outclassed Jurgen Melzer as he defeated him in straight sets 6-2 6-2 6-4 and [...]
