Nadal challenger makes a splash

Rafael Nadal won the Barcelona Open for the eighth time with victory over Nicolas Almagro and his return to fitness and form has been remarkable, but I still feel Novak Djokovic is the favourite for next month's French Open. What Nadal has achieved ...

Nadal eased past Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-3, 6-4 and will next face either compatriot Nicolas Almagro or Mikhail Youzhny of Russia for a place in the quarter-finals. One break in each set was enough for Nadal as he overcame some impressive variety ...

news.taaza.com: (12 Days ago) Houston, April 14 (IANS) Top seed Nicolas Almagro of Spain beat Rhyne Williams of the US 6-2, 6-1 to seal a berth in the final of the ATP US Clay Court tennis championships here. In the final, Almag... Read more ...

American John Isner beat Argentina's Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 7-5 in the final of the US Men's Clay Court Championship on Sunday.

Rafael Nadal thrashed Canadian fifth seed Milos Raonic 6-4 6-0 to set up a final against fourth-seeded Nicolas Almagro.

BARCELONA: Spanish seed Nicolas Almagro reached the quarter-finals of the Barcelona Open yesterday before rain wrecked more than half of the third-round programme. Second seed Rafael Nadal was due to face French 13th seed Benoit Paire but never got ...

A general view shows the central court covered to protect it from rain before the scheduled match. BARCELONA: Nicolas Almagro and Juan Monaco both won third-round matches at the Barcelona Open Thursday before rain forced the rest of the matches to ...

Barcelona, Apr 26 (EFE).- Spain's Nicolas Almagro advanced to the semifinals of the Barcelona Open by recording a 6-3, 7-5 victory Friday over Argentina's Juan Monaco. Almagro, the world's No. 12 and No. 4 seed at this clay-court event, did not drop ...

American John Isner won the US men's clay court championship in Houston with a 6-3, 7-5 win over top seeded Spaniard Nicolas Almagro on Sunday. For fifth seeded Isner, the runner-up in Houston last year, the title is his sixth on the ATP Tour but his first on clay and his performance drew the praise of his opponent. "He did a really good job today. He played aggressive," said Almagro, who like Isner was playing in his first final of 2013. "He served like normal, but today was tough for me. I ...