Rafael Nadal wins record eighth title in Barcelona
Agence France-Presse | Monday April 29, 2013
The world number five has made a storming comeback to tennis after missing seven months from last summer with knee injuries. Since his February return, he has played finals in all six events he has entered.
Rafael Nadal destroys Milos Raonic, to face Almagro in Barcelona final
Agence France Presse | Sunday April 28, 2013
Nadal holds a perfect 9-0 record over Almagro and has already beaten his compatriot this season in an Acapulco semi-final.
Rafael Nadal does double duty to reach Barcelona Open semis
Agence France Presse | Saturday April 27, 2013
Nadal will play a Saturday semi-final against Canadian fifth seed Milos Raonic, who beat Ernests Gulbis 6-2, 7-6 (8/6) and followed up by winning a hard-fought battle with Spanish veteran Tommy Robredo 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 7-6 (7/2) in almost two and a...
Rain ends day early in Barcelona with Nadal kept waiting
Agence France Presse | Friday April 26, 2013
Beside Nadal, third-round matches involving seeds including number three Tomas Berdych, number five Milos Raonic and number six Kei Nishikori were all postponed.
Nicolas Almagro to face John Isner in Houston final
Agence-France-Presse | Sunday April 14, 2013
Top seed Nicolas Almagro, whose 12 previous ATP wins have all come on clay, reached the final of the US Clay Court Championships on Saturday by routing wild card Rhyne Williams 6-2, 6-1.
Nicolas Almagro advances to US Men's Clay Court semis
Associated Press | Saturday April 13, 2013
Top-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain defeated Italian Paolo Lorenzo 6-4, 6-4 on Friday to advance to the U.S. Men's Clay Court semifinals.
Miami Masters: Bhupathi and Nestor win in straight sets
Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday March 23, 2013
Bhupathi and Nestor next play Spaniard Nicolas Almagro and his Austrian partner Oliver Marach, who beat Colombian Juan Sebastian Cabal and his Mexican partner Santiago Gonzalez 6-3, 6-4, in their first round.
Rafael Nadal to meet David Ferrer in Mexican Open final
Agence France Presse | Saturday March 2, 2013
Ferrer had to work hard to reach his fourth-straight final here, edging Italian Fabio Fognini 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-1 in two hours and 23 minutes. The decisive moment was the opening game of the third set when Ferrer saw off three break points to hold s...
Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer enter semis of Mexican Open
Agence France-Presse | Friday March 1, 2013
Ferrer, the top seed and three-time defending champion whose world number four ranking puts him one spot higher than Nadal, breezed past Italy's Paolo Lorenzi 6-3, 6-1 to book a semi-final clash with Fabio Fognini.
Ferrer beats Nalbandian in battle of Davids to reach quarters in Buenos Aires
Associated Press | Friday February 22, 2013
Ferrer, the defending champion and No. 4 in the ATP rankings, won 2-6, 6-4, 6-0 and will face Fabio Fognini of Italy in the quarterfinals on Friday.
Almagro out of Spain's Davis Cup tie against Canada
Associated Press | Saturday January 26, 2013
Quarter-finalist at the 2013 Australian Open, Nicolas Almagro's leg injury rules him out of the Davis Cup rubber.
New fitness test as Novak Djokovic takes on David Ferrer
Agence France Presse | Wednesday January 23, 2013
Djokovic, who has confirmed his number one ranking by reaching the semi-finals, has beaten the Spaniard twice in the Melbourne quarter-finals and twice in the US Open semis, and is the favourite again on Thursday.
Nicolas Almagro denies 'mentality problem' after implosion
Agence France-Presse | Tuesday January 22, 2013
Almagro, the Spanish 10th seed with the smooth, one-handed backhand played two sumptuous sets and served three times for the match in the third set, but he simply couldn't get over the line.
David Ferrer beats Almagro, into Australian Open semis
Agence France-Presse | Tuesday January 22, 2013
This was Ferrer's 13th consecutive victory over his Spanish Davis Cup teammate.
Nicolas Almagro through as Janko Tipsarevic quits with injury
Agence France Presse | Sunday January 20, 2013
Almagro was leading 6-2, 5-1 when Tipsarevic retired to hand the Spaniard a quarter-final match-up against countryman David Ferrer.