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New York: Nicolas Almagro’s risky decision nearly cost him.
Almagro beat Robby Ginepri 6-7(7), 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 after stopping during his first match point for a replay review of a close call.
Almagro said his legs were cramping when he decided to
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The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/2009/09/06/stories/2009090655951600.htm
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New York: Nicolas Almagro’s risky decision nearly cost him.
Almagro beat Robby Ginepri 6-7(7), 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 after stopping during his first match point for a replay review of a close call.
Almagro said his legs were cramping when he decided to
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The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/2009/09/06/stories/2009090655951600.htm
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Rafael Nadal held off a spirited challenge from world number 129 Nicolas Kiefer to earn a place in the US Open third round.
Third seed Nadal, still making his way back from an eight-week injury lay-off due to knee problems that left him unable to
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I'm back with a final Cincy report. Apologies for the delay - this was supposed to go up yesterday, but as I was traveling, I couldn't wrap it up until just now. [[Programming note: No Deuce Club tonight, as a result.]]
Day 3 (Wednesday) in Cincy was
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Andy Murray had warned that it might take him some time to work his way up to full steam as he defends his Cincinnati Masters title and last night he was true to his word as he battled past Nicolas Almagro of Spain 7-6, 6-2 in the second round.
Having
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The Herald (UK)
http://www.theherald.co.uk/sport/headlines/display.var.2526443.0.murray_takes_a_little_time_to_get_started_in_defence_of_title.php
La playa luanquina de la Ribera será escenario de una nueva edición, la trigésima, del torneo tenis playa de Luanco. David Ferrer, Nico Almagro, Mariano Zabaleta y el vencedor en 2006, el argentino Guillermo Cañas, serán este año los cabezas de serie. Video propiedad de RTPA www.lalegionargentina.com.ar ... Tenis playa luanco mariano zabaleta david ferrer nicolas almagro guillermo cañas
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Second-seeded Robin Soderling beat Nicolas Almagro 7-5, 6-3 Friday to reach the semifinals at the Swedish Open.
Defending champion Tommy Robredo, seeded third in the clay-court tournament, Juan Monaco and wild-card entry Andreas Vinciguerra also
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1163112.html
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HAMBURG -- Qualifier Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay upset 14th-seeded Nicolas Almagro 6-2, 6-4 Friday to reach the German Open semifinals.
It was Cuevas' second semifinal of the year, having reached the final four at Vina del Mar, Chile, in February. The
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1156072.html
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Pablo Cuevas from Uruguay clenches a fist during his quarterfinal match against Spain's Nicolas Almagro at the International German Open in Hamburg, Germany, on Friday, July 24, 2009. Cuevas won in two sets 6-4 and 6-2.
(AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer)
HAMBURG—
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Boston Globe
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Spaniard Nicolas Almagro and Russian Nikolay Davydenko respectively knock out last week's clay-court champions, Robin Soderling and Jeremy Chardy, while Paul-Henri Mathieu and Pablo Cuevas account for two Germans on Thursday at the International German Open. ... video
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Robin Soderling's recent fine form came to an end in Hamburg as he was beaten by 14th seed Nicolas Almagro in the third round.
The French Open finalist, seeded third, headed into the tournament having won his home event and Bastad last week.
He
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Sky Sports
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BASTAD, Sweden Second-seeded Robin Soderling defeated Nicolas Almagro, 7-5, 6-3, yesterday to reach the semifinals at the Swedish Open.
Defending champion Tommy Robredo, seeded third in the clay-court tournament, Juan Monaco and wild-card entry Andreas
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The Honolulu Advertiser
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Alberto Martín, Fernando Verdasco, David Ferrer, Feliciano López, Guillermo Cañas, Nicolás Almagro, Jaime Fillol, Jan Kodes, José Mandarino, Gabriel Urpí, Alberto Tous, Jorge Bardou, Albert Costa, Carlos Costa, Galo Blanco, Emilio Sánchez-Vicario, Joan Balcells, Sergí Bruguera, Alex Calatraba, Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Eduardo Marulanda, Iván Navarro, David Sanchez, Javier Soler, Tomeu Salvá, Albert Montañes, Joao Sousa, Nicolás Piñones, Loic Ducourau, Ignacio González, Tommy Robredo, Juan Mónaco ...
Alberto Martín, Fernando Verdasco, David Ferrer, Feliciano López, Guillermo Cañas, Nicolás Almagro, Jaime Fillol, Jan Kodes, José Mandarino, Gabriel Urpí, Alberto Tous, Jorge Bardou, Albert Costa, Carlos Costa, Galo Blanco, Emilio Sánchez-Vicario, Joan Balcells, Sergí Bruguera, Alex Calatraba, Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Eduardo Marulanda, Iván Navarro, David Sanchez, Javier Soler, Tomeu Salvá, Albert Montañes, Joao Sousa, Nicolás Piñones, Loic Ducourau, Ignacio González, Tommy Robredo, Juan Mónaco ...
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FORMER world No. 1 Marat Safin tumbled out of the Swedish Open in Bastad on Wednesday losing to Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 3-6, 6-7 (6) in the first round and said he was looking forward to a life free from racquets and balls.
Safin, who will retire
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Shanghai Daily
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BASTAD, Sweden -- Top-seeded Fernando Verdasco reached the quarterfinals of the Swedish Open, saving a match point late in the third set before beating Daniel Koellerer 6-7 (1), 6-2, 7-5.
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ESPN
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Last year, Nicolas Almagro dominated the Latin American claycourt swing with two titles in Costa Do Sauipe and Acapulco, but heading into this week in Acapulco his claycourt season had been a disappointment.
There were surprise losses to Federico Gil
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Alberto Martín, Fernando Verdasco, David Ferrer, Feliciano López, Guillermo Cañas, Nicolás Almagro, Jaime Fillol, Jan Kodes, José Mandarino, Gabriel Urpí, Alberto Tous, Jorge Bardou, Albert Costa, Carlos Costa, Galo Blanco, Emilio Sánchez-Vicario, Joan Balcells, Sergí Bruguera, Alex Calatraba, Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Eduardo Marulanda, Iván Navarro, David Sanchez, Javier Soler, Tomeu Salvá, Albert Montañes, Joao Sousa, Nicolás Piñones, Loic Ducourau, Ignacio González, Tommy Robredo, Juan Mónaco ...
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The second-seeded Soderling gave the sellout crowd a 55-minute display on the clay in only the second evening match under lights in the tournament's 62-year history.
"I played OK,"
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BASTAD, Sweden (AP) Defending champion Tommy Robredo and Teimuraz Gabashvili won second-round matches in straight sets Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals at the Swedish Open.
Robredo, a Spaniard seeded third in the clay-court tournament, beat Peter
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USA Today
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People have often asked why and how a nation like Spain produces so many tennis players on the world tour. Not just players who are managing to get by, but players who make the grade. Players who break into the Top 50, then the Top 20, the Top 10 and
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Davis Cup | Official Site
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Lo and behold, Roger Federer actually lost a set at Wimbledon on Friday.
Roger Federer of Switzerland slips on the grass while playing Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany during their third round singles match on centre court at Wimbledon,
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Taiwan News
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Wimbledon, England Roger Federer advanced to the second week at Wimbledon on Friday by beating Philipp Kohlschreiber, 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-1.
Federer lost a set for first time this week, with two errant forehands costing him the tiebreaker. That merely
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Lawrence Journal World
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/jun/27/federer-drops-set-advances/
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Federer, Soderling to meet again
LONDON, June 26 (UPI) -- Roger Federer and Robin Soderling set up a French Open finals rematch with victories Friday at the Wimbledon Championships in London.
Federer, seeded second at Wimbledon, defeated Philipp
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United Press International
http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2009/06/26/UPI-NewsTrack-Sports/UPI-41051246050540/
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Federer, seeded second at Wimbledon, defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1 and Soderling, seeded 13th, took out Nicolas Almagro 7-6 (9-7), 6-4, 6-4 in Friday's third-round play.
The winners will meet Monday in the Round of 16. They
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United Press International
http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2009/06/26/Federer-Soderling-to-meet-again/UPI-48181246043868/
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Novak Djokovic impressed at Wimbledon as he dispatched American Mardy Fish in straight sets to reach the last 16.
The world number four prevailed 6-4 6-4 6-4 in under two hours to set up a meeting with Israel's Dudi Sela.
Elsewhere, Croat Ivo Karlovic
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BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/tennis/8121289.stm
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Robin Soderling interview transcript, Wimbledon 2009 on June 26, 2009 following his third round win over Nicolas Almagro of Spain 7-6, 6-4, 6-4. The Swede will next meet Roger Federer in the fourth round.
Q. Can I ask how you are first of all? You had
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Roger Federer returns the ball to Lu Yen-hsun during his first-round victory at Wimbledon. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
1.29pm Newshound Oliver Gibson has just hot-footed it over to Wimbledon from the Olympic site. "Having just spent the morning
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Guardian Unlimited
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/jun/26/wimbledon-live-updates
he lost to Nicolas Almagro 6-7 6-7 7-6 6-4 8-6 ... juan monaco wimbledon 2009
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No. 17 seed James Blake was the highest-profile exit on opening day at Wimbledon, meekly bowing out to Andreas Seppi in straight sets 7-5, 6-4, 7-6(5).
Seppi keyed in on the Blake backhand, winning many extended rallies and keeping it away from the big
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Tennis-X.com
http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2009-06-23/1677.php
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Maria Kirilenko, Daniela Hantuchova and Tatiana Golovin did a photo shooting for Sports Illustrated on a beautiful beaches in Dominican Republic and were photographed by Walter Iooss. The new issue of the magazine has been released and here are some
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París, 29 may (EFE).- Rafael Nadal regresó a la pista Philippe Chatrier, quizás su mejor territorio, y venció al australiano Lleyton Hewitt, por 6-1, 6-3 y 6-1 para situarse en los octavos de final de Roland Garros, al igual que Fernando Verdasco tras acabar con Nicolás Almagro a la novena bola de partido. Los dos están en los octavos sin ceder un solo set en tres partidos, y en el caso de Nadal lleva ya ganados 32 consecutivos desde que perdió el último contra el suizo Roger Federer en la ...
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Spain's Fernando Verdasco returns the ball against his compatriot Nicolas Almagro during the 3rd round competition of men's singles at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, May 29, 2009. Verdasco won the match 6-1, 7-6, 7
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Fernando Verdasco needed nine match points to beat Nicolas Almagro 6-2 7-6 7-6 in their third round meeting at the French Open 2009.
Next for Verdasco is Nikolay Davydenko, who defeated Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-2.
A win there would give the
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Sports Blogs
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Court 17 11:00 Start
1 Men’s Singles - 2nd Rnd.
Nicolas Almagro (ESP)[31]v. Ernests Gulbis (LAT)
followed by
2 Women’s Singles - 2nd Rnd.
Lucie Hradecka (CZE)v. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)[22]
3 Men’s Doubles - 1st Rnd.
Julien Benneteau (FRA)/Nicolas
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For every professional tennis player there is an equal and an opposite player.
Spaniard Nicolas Almagro, with his stocky build, clay court proficiency and the massive amounts of spin he conjures through his groundstrokes, is in many ways the equal of a
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/183067-nicolas-almagro-the-anti-nadal-is-2009-rg-dark-horse
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Maria Kirilenko, Daniela Hantuchova and Tatiana Golovin did a photo shooting for Sports Illustrated on a beautiful beaches in Dominican Republic and were photographed by Walter Iooss. The new issue of the magazine has been released and here are some
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Great Tennis Photos
http://greattennisphotos.blogspot.com/2009/05/roland-garros-draw.html
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Maria Kirilenko, Daniela Hantuchova and Tatiana Golovin did a photo shooting for Sports Illustrated on a beautiful beaches in Dominican Republic and were photographed by Walter Iooss. The new issue of the magazine has been released and here are some
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Sports Blogs
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A few seconds of Gulbis vs Almagro 1st set, R1, Roma Internazionali d'Italia, 2009 taken on Tuesday 28th May Gulbis won 3-6 7-6(5) 6-2
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Maria Kirilenko, Daniela Hantuchova and Tatiana Golovin did a photo shooting for Sports Illustrated on a beautiful beaches in Dominican Republic and were photographed by Walter Iooss. The new issue of the magazine has been released and here are some
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Sports Blogs
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Third seed Nicolas Almagro of Spain advanced to the second round of the ATP BMW Open with a 6-3 6-4 victory over Jan Hernych.
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ESPN STAR Sports
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Refer to a friend
MUNICH (AP) - Nicolas Almagro of Spain advanced to the second round of the BMW Open on Sunday, beating Jan Hernych of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-4.
Almagro broke Hernych four times and saved two of the three break points he
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PR-Inside.com
http://www.pr-inside.com/almagro-advances-to-2nd-round-at-r1225246.htm
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Hi everyone. It seemed as though the weather was the real star of the day in Rome yesterday. I know that early-round matches at some events are ill-attended, but the depleted-of-spectators scene pictured above (during the match between local boy Potito
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Peter Bodo's TennisWorld
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tennisworld-bodo/~3/fQyxyIDztdM/rome-crisis-center-day-2.html
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Maria Kirilenko, Daniela Hantuchova and Tatiana Golovin did a photo shooting for Sports Illustrated on a beautiful beaches in Dominican Republic and were photographed by Walter Iooss. The new issue of the magazine has been released and here are some
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Sports Blogs
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David Nalbandian of Argentina hits a
return to Nicolas Almagro of Spain during their match at the Barcelona
Open tennis tournament April 23, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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Xinhua
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/24/content_11249424.htm
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- David Nalbandian advanced to the Barcelona Open quarterfinals by beating Nicolas Almagro of Spain 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday.
The seventh-seeded Argentine broke Almagro four times and won 25 of his 32 first service points on the clay
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Sports Illustrated
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/tennis/04/23/barcelona.thursday.ap/index.html?eref=si_latest
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Getty
David Nalbandian of Argentina in action during his match against Nicolas Almagro of Spain on day four of the ATP 500 World Tour Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell 2009 tennis tournament at the Real Club de Tenis on April 23, 2009 in Barcelona, Spain.
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BARCELONA, Spain -- Igor Kunitsyn of Russia beat Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5, 7-6 (3) Monday in the first round of the Barcelona Open.
The 38th-ranked Kunitsyn broke four times to eliminate the former top-ranked Spaniard, who won his first title since 200
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China Post
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/sports/tennis/2009/04/22/205270/Kunitsyn%2Dbeats.htm
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The 38th-ranked Kunitsyn broke four times to
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BARCELONA, Spain, April 20 (UPI) -- Spaniard Nicolas Almagro and Russian Igor Andreev were among the first-round winners Monday at the $2.6 million Barcelona Open.
Almagro was tied with Victor Hanescu 3-6, 7-6 (9-7), 2-2 when the Romanian retired due
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United Press International
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