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Nicolas Almagro of Spain celebrates after winning his fourth round match against French Jeremy Chardy at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, June 1, 2008.Almagro won 7-6, 7-6, 7-5. (UPI Photo/Eco Clement)
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COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Frederico Gil won two tiebreaks and surprised defending champion Nicolas Almagro in Thursday's quarterfinals at the Brazil Open.
COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Defending champion Nicolas Almagro and No. 2 seed Tommy Robredo led the way into the quarterfinals Wednesday at the Brazil Open.
COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Defending champion Nicolas Almagro of Spain beat Brazilian wild card Ricardo Hocevar 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 in Monday's first round at the Brasil Open.
PARIS, June 3 (UPI) -- Spaniard Rafael Nadal and Serb Novak Djokovic will meet in the French Open semifinals after both garnered quarterfinal victories Tuesday.
PARIS, June 2 (UPI) -- Top-seeded, World No. 1 Swiss Roger Federer and World No. 5 Spaniard David Ferrer joined Monday's fourth-round winners at the French Open.
PARIS, June 1 (UPI) -- Three-time men's champion Rafael Nadal of Spain won his match Sunday in straight sets at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris.
PARIS, May 30 (UPI) -- Three-time men's defending champion Rafael Nadal recorded a 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 rout of Finland's Jarkko Nieminen at the French Open in Paris on Friday.
PARIS, May 28 (UPI) -- Three-time defending champion Rafael Nadal remained perfect at the French Open, taking a straight-set win in first-round play Wednesday at the Grand Slam event.
PARIS, May 25 (UPI) -- Third-seeded Serbian star Novak Djokovic dropped the first set but fought back to win his first-round match Sunday in the French Open.
ROME, May 9 (UPI) -- Radek Stepanek surprised Roger Federer in two sets at Friday's quarterfinals of the men's Masters Series tennis tournament in Rome.