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After what he declared to be his most positive week of the season so far in Monte-Carlo, World No. 4 Rafael Nadal is now in Barcelona, preparing to launch his campaign for a ninth Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell crown.
Click here to see the latest photos from Barcelona and Stuttgart by the photographers at EPA.
There would be no repeat of the 2014 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell quarterfinals. Not on Wednesday. Not in the second round. Not against Rafael Nadal.
It was the less heralded youngster who won a battle of 19-year-olds on Wednesday at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. Nick Kyrgios had two match points--one in both the second and third sets--but Elias Ymer battled to a 2-6, 7-5, 7-6(7) second-round upset after two hours and 27 minutes.
Check out some EPA photos from the Barcelona Open and the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart.
With the anticipation of Rafael Nadal's run at a record ninth title, next month's Barcelona Open will make sure that the world is watching when the king of clay steps back onto his surface at the hometown event.
Rafael Nadal is set to add another client to his endorsement portfolio with the April 2 signing of a brand ambassador contract with Spain's Banco Sabadell. The institution already has in informal link with the world No. 1, as title sponsor of the Barcelona ATP clay event where the 13-time grand slam winner has claimed trophies at eight of the last nine editions.
In 2014, the Barcelona Open will increase its prize money by 8%, reaching a pot of euro 1,845,585. It is the highest prize money offered by a tournament in the ATP World Tour 500 category, followed by the China Open in Beijing, which distributes euro 1,836,751.
there should be no question as to Rafael Nadal's ability to play following a severe knee injury that took him off the tour for over 7 months.
World No. 4 David Ferrer said that his three set loss to Dmitry Tursunov in Barcelona “was the worst match that I've played in the last couple of years.”
David Ferrer is never the most talkative of men when it comes to talking about his tennis but the Spaniard was ready to admit his failings after losing at the initial stage of the Barcelona Open
Rafael Nadal turns the page to the Barcelona Open as the Spaniard looks to the home clay to ease the pain of a weekend loss in Monte Carlo
Emirates Airline keeps pushing more and more into tennis. It just signed a five-year deal to sponsor the French Open, following up on its 2012 sponsorship of the US Open Series.
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