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Andy Murray Wins Opener in Defense of Valencia Open Title

VALENCIA, Spain (AP) -- Andy Murray began his Valencia Open defense with a 6-3, 7-6 (1) win over Feliciano Lopez on Tuesday. The top-seeded Murray broke Lopez in the fourth game on his way to taking the first set. He had to rally from a 4-1 deficit in the second after the Spaniard broke him in the fourth game. But Murray...

Nicolas Almagro Claims Second Title of Season at Swiss Open

Second-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain defeated Richard Gasquet, the 2006 champion, at his maiden Swiss Open on the clay in Gstaad, Switzerland, on Sunday. The 18th-ranked Almagro took care of the seventh-seeded Gasquet in straight sets 7-5, 6-1. It only took a little over an hour for Almagro to claim his second title of...

Mikhail Youzhny Upset by Yuri Schukin at Swiss Open

Top-seeded Mikhail Youzhny of Russia was upset by 147th-ranked Yuri Schukin of Kazakhstan in the quarterfinals of the Swiss Open in Gstaad on Friday. Schukin, a qualifier in this week's clay-court ATP 250 tournament, defeated Youzhny -- ranked No. 14 -- in three sets 6-4, 2-6, 7-5. Schukin had 12 break point opportunities...

Nicolas Almagro and Albert Montanes Upset at German Open

It was a day of upsets on the clay at the German Open in Hamburg on Wednesday. Five seeds fell in second-round play, including fifth-seeded Nicolas Almagro and eighth-seeded Albert Montanes. The two Spaniards were coming off respective clay-court tournament victories in last week's ATP events at the Swedish Open and the...

Spain Rolls Again: Almagro and Montanes Both Victors on Clay

In the Swedish Open final, Nicolas Almagro of Spain upset top-seeded Robin Soderling 7-5, 3-6, 6-2. Soderling failed to defend his title in front of his home fans on the clay in Bastad, Sweden. Although Soderling's first serve was strong throughout the match, Almagro played very well defensively on the slow-playing clay....

Nicolas Almagro News From the Web

05/30/12 Easy win for Marcos Source: Cyprus Weekly Cypriot tennis star Marcos Baghdatis made a strong start to his French Open campaign on Tuesday with an easy straight sets victory over Juan Ignacio Chela.
05/29/12 Rolland Garros: Sharapova beats Alexandra Cadantu Source: Nine O Clock A merciless Maria Sharapova whizzed past unheralded Romanian Alexandra Cadantu 6-0 6-0 to book her place in the second round of the French Open, on Tuesday, according to Eurosport.
05/26/12 Almagro wins Nice Open Source: Business Recorder - Pakistan Spain's Nicolas Almagro got the perfect boost ahead of the French Open by defeating Brian Baker of the United States 6-3, 6-2 to successfully defend his Nice Open title on Sunday.
05/24/12 Simon, Almagro, Baker win in Nice Source: United Press International (UPI) Russian Nikolay Davydenko, defending champion Nicolas Almagro and Frenchman Gilles Simon all were quarterfinal winners Thursday at the Nice Open in France.
05/23/12 Isner struggles past Malisse at Open de Nice Source: NBC - TurnTo10 - Providence RI Top-seeded John Isner had 13 aces on his way to a 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) win against Belgium's Xavier Malisse at the Open de Nice on Wednesday.