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Nadal beats Nalbandian for Brazil Open title

February 26, 2013 11:27
Sao Paulo, Feb 17 (EFE).- Spain's Rafael Nadal beat Argentina's David Nalbandian 6-2, 6-3 Sunday in the final of the Brazil Open, notching his first title on the comeback trail from a serious knee injury. "I hope this will be the beginning of a good start," Nadal told the crowd, which included his father, Sebastian, after the match. The 26-year-old Nadal, the world No. 5, rolled over the 31-year-old Nalbandian, who is also mounting a comeback after a months-long absence from the ATP Tour, in the first set.

Nadal advances to Brazil Open quarterfinals

February 26, 2013 11:26
Sao Paulo, Feb 15 (EFE).- Spain's Rafael Nadal advanced to the quarterfinals of the Brazil Open with a hard-fought 6-3, 6-4 victory here over Brazilian qualifier Joao Souza. Just as he had at a clay-court event last week in Viña del Mar, Chile, the top seed showed during his opening singles match Thursday evening that he has mostly recovered from the knee injury that kept him out of action for several months but still needs more match play to rediscover his top form.

Nadal and Nalbandian pull out of Brazil Open doubles

February 26, 2013 11:17
Sao Paulo, Feb 14 (EFE).- Spain's Rafael Nadal and Argentina's David Nalbandian have pulled out of the Brazil Open doubles competition to focus on singles. Nadal and Nalbandian rallied on Tuesday to win their opening doubles match 6-3, 3-6, 11-9 over the Spanish team of Pablo Andujar and Guillermo Garcia Lopez. The team withdrew from the doubles competition before their scheduled Wednesday night match against Argentina's Horacio Zeballos and Austria's Oliver Marach.

Tennis-Ferrer retains Buenos Aires title

February 24, 2013 18:16
BUENOS AIRES, Feb 24 (Reuters) - World number four David Ferrer retained his Buenos Aires Open title with a 6-4 3-6 6-1 win over Stanislas Wawrinka on Sunday. The Spaniard took his tally of career titles to 20 after winning his third final in four years on the clay centre court at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club. "It's very hard to obtain two titles from one year to the next, tennis is smiling on me and I'm happy for that," the 30-year-old said in a courtside interviewer.

UPDATE 1-Tennis-Buenos Aires Open men's singles round 2 results

February 21, 2013 20:45
Feb 22 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Buenos Aires Open Men's Singles Round 2 matches on Thursday 3-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) beat Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spain) 6-1 6-4 1-David Ferrer (Spain) beat David Nalbandian (Argentina) 2-6 6-4 6-0 8-Albert Ramos (Spain) beat Leonardo Mayer (Argentina) 6-3 7-6(3) Tommy Robredo (Spain) beat Diego Schwartzman (Argentina) 6-3 6-1 6-Fabio Fognini (Italy) beat Marco Trungelliti (Argentina) 7-5 6-2 2-Nicolas Almagro (Spain) beat Andrey Kuznetsov (Russia) 7-6(5) 6-2 Federic

UPDATE 3-Tennis-Buenos Aires Open men's singles results

February 20, 2013 14:46
Feb 20 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Buenos Aires Open Men's Singles matches on Wednesday Round 1 David Nalbandian (Argentina) beat Carlos Berlocq (Argentina) 6-3 2-6 6-3 Marco Trungelliti (Argentina) beat Facundo Argueello (Argentina) 4-6 6-3 1-0 (Argueello retired) 6-Fabio Fognini (Italy) beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) 7-5 6-3 1-David Ferrer (Spain) beat Agustin Velotti (Argentina) 6-4 6-1

UPDATE 2-Tennis-Nadal caps comeback with Brazil win

February 17, 2013 17:15
(Adds details) By Andrew Downie SAO PAULO, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal's comeback from a seven-month injury layoff gathered pace as he brushed aside Argentine David Nalbandian 6-2 6-3 to win the Brazil Open on Sunday, his first title since the 2012 French Open. The Spanish world number five, playing only his second tournament following his return from injury, broke twice in the first set and recovered from 3-0 down in the second to win in 78 minutes.

URGENT ¥¥¥ Tennis: Nadal wins Brazil Open final

February 17, 2013 14:16
Rafael Nadal clinched his first tournament title after ending a seven-month knee injury layoff in winning the Brazil Open here Sunday. The Spanish former world number one, who has been complaining of nagging knee pain, beat Argentine David Nalbandian in straight sets 6-2, 6-3. ga/cw/pi

Tennis: ATP Brazil Open results

February 17, 2013 14:16
Results on the seventh day of the ATP Brazil Open on Sunday (x denotes seeding): Final Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) bt David Nalbandian (ARG) 6-2, 6-3 afp

Tennis-Brazil Open men's singles final result

February 17, 2013 14:16
Feb 17 (Infostrada Sports) - Result from the Brazil Open Men's Singles Final on Sunday 1-Rafa Nadal (Spain) beat David Nalbandian (Argentina) 6-2 6-3
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