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BARCELONA, Spain, April 30 (UPI) -- Spaniards Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer won their second-round matches Wednesday at the $1.29 million Open Sabadell Atlantico tennis tournament in Barcelona.
Nadal, the tournament's top seed and three-time defending champion, was an easy 6-4, 6-2 winner against Italy's Potito Starace.
Ferrer, the No. 2 seed, trounced another Spaniard, Gabriel Trujillo-Soler, 6-1, 6-1.
In a major upset, Germany's Denis Gremelmayr topped American James Blake 6-1, 6-4.
Elsewhere, Latvian Ernests Gulbis ousted fifth-seeded Spaniard Carlos Moya 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; No. 6 Tommy Robredo of Spain topped Robin Haase of Netherlands 6-2, 6-4; ninth-seeded Guillermo Canas of Argentina belted Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-1, 6-2; Spain's Albert Montanes beat eighth-seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 6-7 (7-9), 6-3, 7-5; and No. 10 seed Nicolas Almagro of Spain topped Italian Filippo Volandri 6-4, 7-6 (7-5).
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PARIS, June 1 (UPI) --
Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova, the world's top two ranked women's tennis players, picked up wins Friday at the French Open.
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NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. author Lauren Weisberger is working on a sequel to her 2003 blockbuster novel, "The Devil Wears Prada," EW.com reported.
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HOUSTON, June 1 (UPI) --
The silhouette created as Venus transits the face of the sun Tuesday will be widely visible across seven continents, U.S. space officials said.
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HOLMES BEACH, Fla., June 1 (UPI) --
Employees at a Florida grocery store restrained a Cuban sandwich thief by sitting on him until authorities arrived, police say.
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