ATP Houston: Second Round Fixtures:

Albert Montanés (ESP)  vs.  Dusan Vemic (SRB)
Michael Russell (USA)  vs.  Vincent Spadea (USA)
Tommy Haas (GER)  vs.  Nicolas Devilder (FRA)
Diego Hartfield (ARG)  vs.  Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
Jurgen Melzer (AUT)  vs.  Victor Hanescu (ROU)
Mariano Zabaleta (ARG)  vs.  Mardy Fish (USA)
Juan Monaco (ARG)  vs.  Amer Delic (USA)
Alex Kuznetsov (USA)  vs.  James Blake (USA)

ATP Valencia: First Round Results

Navarro Pastor - Bracciali 6-3, 6-1
Gensee - Ward 6-7, 6-4, 6-3
Roitman - Hernych 7-5, 7-6
Korolev - Garcia-Lopez 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
Starace - Verdasco 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
Andujar - Greul 6-2, 6-4
Granollers-Pujol - Pless 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
Simon - Gabashvili 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Volandri - Andreev 6-4, 7-6
Koubek - Hernandez 7-6, 6-4
Di Mauro - Fornell 6-4, 6-7, 6-3
Almagro - Hajek 6-2, 6-1
Ventura - Mayer 6-3, 6-3
Falla - Seppi 6-3, 6-4
Martin - Lopez 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
Ferrero - Gulbis 6-3, 6-1

ATP Valencia: Second Round Fixtures

Ivan Navarro Pastor (ESP) vs. Agustin Gensee (FRA)
Sergio Roitman (ARG) vs. Evgueni Korolev (RUS)
Potito Starace (ITA) vs. Pablo Andujar (ESP)
Marcel Granollers-Pujol (ESP) vs. Gilles Simon (FRA)
Filippo Volandri (ITA) vs. Stefan Koubek (AUT)
Alessio Di Mauro (ITA) vs. Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
Santiago Ventura (ESP) vs. Alejandro Falla (COL)
Alberto Martin (ESP) vs. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)

ATP Valencia: Second Round Results

Navarro Pastor - Gensse 7-6, 6-4
Korolev - Roitman 1-6, 7-5, 6-0
Starace - Andujar 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
Granollers-Pujol - Simon 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
Volandri - Koubek Retired
Almagro - Di Mauro 7-5, 6-2
Ventura - Falla 7-5, 6-7, 6-4
Martin - Ferrero 6-4, 6-2

ATP Valencia: Quarter Finals Fixtures

Ivan Navarro Pastor (ESP) vs. Evgueni Korolev (RUS)
Potito Starace (ITA) vs. Marcel Granollers-Pujol (ESP)
Filippo Volandri (ITA) vs. Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
Santiago Ventura (ESP) vs. Alberto Martin (ESP)

ATP Houston: 3rd Round Results

Montanés - Vemic 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Spadea - Russell 7-6. 2-6, 6-1
Haas - Devilder 6-3, 6-4
Karlovic - Hartfield Retired
Melzer - Hanescu 6-4, 6-2
Zabaleta - Fish 7-5, 6-4
Monaco - Delic 6-2, 6-3
Blake - Kuznetsov 7-6, 6-1

ATP Houston:  Quarter final Fixtures

Albert Montanes (ESP)  vs.  Vincent Spadea (USA)
Tommy Haas (GER)  vs.  Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
Jurgen Melzer (AUT)  vs.  Mariano Zabaleta (ARG)
Juan Monaco (ARG)  vs.  James Blake (USA)

ATP Houston:

Ivo Karlovic utilised a single break of service to upset world number 10 Tommy Haas 7-6 6-4 in the quarter-finals of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships.

Karlovic will meet 84th-ranked Albert Montanes, who defeated American Vince Spadea 6-4 6-4 in Saturday's semi-finals.

Argentine Mariano Zabaleta, a 6-1 6-2 victor over Juergen Melzer of Austria, will face American James Blake in the other semi-final.

The second-seeded Blake overcame a second-set disaster to bounce number eight Juan Monaco of Argentina, 7-6 1-6 7-6.

ATP Valencia: Quarter Final Results

Navarro Pastor - Korolev 6-3, 6-1
Starace - Granollers-Pujol 6-4, 6-4
Almagro - Volandri Retired
Ventura - Martin 1-6, 7-6, 6-4

ATP Valencia: Semi Final Fixtures

Ivan Navarro Pastor (ESP) vs. Potito Starace (ITA)
Nicolas Almagro (ESP) vs. Santiago Ventura (ESP)

ATP Valencia:

Defending champion Nicolas Almagro will meet Potito Starace in the final of the ATP Valencia Open after overcoming fellow Spaniard Santiago Ventura in Saturday's semi-final.

Third seed Almagro, who won his only ATP title in last year's tournament, edged victory over wildcard Ventura, finally winning through 6-7 6-4 6-4.

The unseeded Starace got the better of Spain's Ivan Navarro Pastor 6-7 6-0 7-5 in a match that lasted almost two and a half hours.

Navarro Pastor, who replaced David Ferrer in the main draw after the top seed withdrew with a back injury, took the first set on a tie break, but Starace bounced back to rip through the second without reply before clinching the decider.

ATP Houston: Semi-Final Results

Argentina Mariano Zabaleta upset second seeded American James Blake 7-5 7-6 to advance to the final of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships against Croatia's Ivo Karlovic.

The world number 156 handled the windy conditions well, edging the ninth-ranked player 9-7 in the second set tiebreak to reach his first final since 2004.

Earlier, the big-serving Karlovic advanced to his second final of the season with a 7-6 6-2 victory over unseeded Spaniard Albert Montanes, seizing the momentum after winning the first-set tiebreaker 7-5.

Sunday's final will be the first meeting between the players.

ATP Valencia: Final



Nicolas Almagro of Spain won his second straight Valencia Open title Sunday by beating Potito Starace of Italy 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.

The 21-year-old Spaniard rallied with eight aces and broke Starace four times over the final two sets for his second career ATP title.

ATP Houston: Final

        

Unseeded Ivo Karlovic used his booming serve to stop qualifier Mariano Zabaleta of Argentina 6-4, 6-1 Sunday to win the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships and capture his first ATP tour title.

The 6-foot-10 Croat closed out the win on his second match point, pounding in a 140-mph ace. He arched his back and clenched his fists before going over to shake hands with his coach, who was courtside.

The Croat earned $65,850 for his first tour title since beginning his professional career in 2000.

ATP Barcelona:  (April 23 - April 29 '07)

Seeds:  ¹Rafael Nadal (ESP), ²Nikolay Davydenko (RUS), ³Tommy Robredo (ESP), ⁴David Nalbandian (ARG), ⁵David Ferrer (ESP), ⁶Jarkko Nieminen (FIN), ⁷Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP), ⁸Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG), ⁹Dimitry Tursunov (RUS), ¹⁰Radek Stepanek (CZE), ¹¹Marat Safin (RUS), ¹²Guillermo Canas (ARG), ¹³Robin Soderling (SWE), ¹⁴Nicolas Almagro (ESP), ¹⁵Agustin Calleri (ARG), ¹⁶Carlos Moya (ESP)


Federer has decided to take the week off. Scotland's Andy Murray was forced to pull out of the event with the back injury that saw him withdraw in Monte Carlo.

First Round Fixtures:

Rafael Nadal (ESP)  vs.  bye bye
Davide Sanguinetti (ITA)  vs.  Kristof Vliegen (BEL)
Thomas Johansson (SWE)  vs.  Hyung-taik Lee (KOR)
Gaston Gaudio (ARG)  vs.  Robin Soderling (SWE)
Marat Safin (RUS)  vs.  Simone Bolelli (ITA)
Potito Starace (ITA)  vs.  Sam Querrey (USA)
Vincent Spadea (USA)  vs.  Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS)
Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)  vs.  bye bye
David Nalbandian (ARG)  vs.  bye bye
Alberto Martin (ESP)  vs.  Alejandro Falla (COL)
Felix Mantilla (ESP)  vs.  Dustov Farrukh (UZB)
Marcel Granollers-Pujol (ESP)  vs.  Carlos Moya (ESP)
Andrei Pavel (ROU)  vs.  Radek Stepanek (CZE)
Boris Pashanski (SRB)  vs.  Carlos Berlocq (ARG)
Fernando Vicente (ESP)  vs.  Paul Goldstein (USA)
David Ferrer (ESP)  vs.  bye bye
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Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)  vs.  bye bye
Andreas Seppi (ITA)  vs.  Ivo Karlovic (HRV)
Benjamin Becker (GER)  vs.  Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)
Oscar Hernandez (ESP)  vs.  Dimitry Tursunov (RUS)
Agustin Calleri (ARG)  vs.  Marc Lopez (ESP)
Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)  vs.  Stefano Galvani (ITA)
Feliciano Lopez (ESP)  vs.  Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
Tommy Robredo (ESP)  vs.  bye bye
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)  vs.  bye bye
Pablo Andujar (ESP)  vs.  Bartolome Salva-Vidal (ESP)
Jiri Vanek (CZE)  vs.  Juan Antonio Marin (CRI)
Max Mirnyi (BLR)  vs.  Guillermo Canas (ARG)
Nicolas Almagro (ESP)  vs.  Fabio Fognini (ITA)
Filippo Volandri (ITA)  vs.  Evgueni Korolev (RUS)
Yuri Schukin (RUS)  vs.  Werner Eschauer (AUT)
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)  vs.  bye bye

First Round Results:
 
Vliegen - Sanguinetti   6-2, 6-4
Johansson - Lee   6-3, 6-3
Soderling - Gaudio   6-1, 6-0
Bolelli - Safin    6-4, 7-6
Starace - Querrey   6-4, 6-4
Spadea - Gabashvili   6-3, 3-6, 6-1
Martin - Falla   6-1, 6-4
Mantilla - Farrukh   6-4, 1-6, 6-0
Moyà - Granollers-Pujol   6-2, 6-4
Pavel - Stepanek    4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Seppi - Karlovic   6-7, 7-5, 6-3
Pashanski - Berlocq   4-0
Goldstein - Vicente   6-3, 6-7, 6-3
Becker - Kunitsyn   7-6, 6-4
Hernandez - Tursunov    6-4, 6-4
Calleri - Lopez   7-5, 5-7, 6-3
Lorenzi - Galvani   6-7, 6-2, 7-6
Lopez - Garcia-Lopez   7-5, 6-3
Andujar - Salva-Vidal   6-4, 6-0
Vanek - Marin   6-0, 3-2
Canas - Mirnyi   6-2, 7-6
Almagro - Fognini   6-3, 6-2
Volandri - Korolev   6-0, 6-4
Schukin - Eschauer   6-4, 6-4

ATP Barcelona: Second Round Fixtures:

Rafael Nadal (ESP)  vs.  Kristof Vliegen (BEL)
Thomas Johansson (SWE)  vs.  Robin Soderling (SWE)
Simone Bolelli (ITA)  vs.  Potito Starace (ITA)
Vincent Spadea (USA)  vs.  Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)
David Nalbandian (ARG)  vs.  Alberto Martin (ESP)
Felix Mantilla (ESP)  vs.  Carlos Moya (ESP)
Andrei Pavel (ROU)  vs.  Boris Pashanski (SRB)
Paul Goldstein (USA)  vs.  David Ferrer (ESP)
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)  vs.  Andreas Seppi (ITA)
Benjamin Becker (GER)  vs.  Oscar Hernandez (ESP)
Agustin Calleri (ARG)  vs.  Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)
Feliciano Lopez (ESP)  vs.  Tommy Robredo (ESP)
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)  vs.  Pablo Andujar (ESP)
Jiri Vanek (CZE)  vs.  Guillermo Canas (ARG)
Nicolas Almagro (ESP)  vs.  Filippo Volandri (ITA)
Yuri Schukin (RUS)  vs.  Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)

Second Round Results:

Nadal - Vliegen 6-1, 6-2
Johansson - Soderling 7-6, 7-6
Starace - Bolelli 6-4, 6-3
Chela - Spadea 6-3, 6-3
Nalbandian - Martin 6-2, 6-0
Moyà - Mantilla 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Pashanski - Pavel 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
Ferrer - Goldstein 6-0, 6-0
Nieminen - Seppi 6-4, 7-5
Hernandez - Becker 6-1, 7-6
Calleri - Lorenzi 6-2, 6-2
Robredo - Lopez 6-2, 6-2
Andujar - Ferrero 2-1 Retired
Canas - Vanek 6-1, 6-1
Volandri - Almagro 6-7, 6-4, 6-1
Davydenko - Schukin 6-4, 3-6, 6-2

Third Round Fixtures:

Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. Thomas Johansson (SWE)
Potito Starace (ITA) vs. Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)
David Nalbandian (ARG) vs. Carlos Moya (ESP)
Boris Pashanski (SRB) vs. David Ferrer (ESP)
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) vs. Oscar Hernandez (ESP)
Agustin Calleri (ARG) vs. Tommy Robredo (ESP)
Pablo Andujar (ESP) vs. Guillermo Canas (ARG)
Filippo Volandri (ITA) vs. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)

Third Round Results:

Nadal - Johansson 6-1, 6-4
Starace - Chela 6-4, 7-6
Nalbandian - Moyà 6-4, 6-3
Ferrer - Pashanski 6-2, 7-5
Hernandez - Nieminen 6-1, 6-7, 6-3
Calleri - Robredo 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
Canas - Andujar 7-5, 6-3
Davydenko - Volandri 7-6, 7-6

Quarter Final Fixtures:

Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. Potito Starace (ITA)
David Nalbandian (ARG) vs. David Ferrer (ESP)
Oscar Hernandez (ESP) vs. Agustin Calleri (ARG)
Guillermo Canas (ARG) vs. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)

i will love to see

Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Guillermo Canas (ARG) finals

with Nadal of course winning

you?

Nadal's streak is getting longer and I want someone, preferably Roger, to end it.  But unfortunately, he's not playing at the mo.

I would also love to see Nadal and Canas reach the finals, but with Canas winning.

nah!

Roger has more title than he can rem.
someone might as well take a little shine off him

want Nadal to win

Rafael Nadal was tested for the first time this week as he beat Italian Potito Starace 6-2 7-5 to reach the semi-finals of the Barcelona Open and extend his record claycourt winning streak to 70 matches.

The top seed was below his best and was pushed hard by the Italian world number 72 before coming through to set up a clash with fifth seed and fellow Spaniard David Ferrer, who ousted Argentina fourth seed David Nalbandian 7-6 6-2.

Argentina 12th seed Guillermo Canas received a walkover into the semi-finals when his opponent, Russian second seed Nikolay Davydenko, withdrew before their match because of a right wrist injury.

Should Calleri beat Hernandez, we will have two spaniards and argentines facing each other in the semis.

@viee, time will tell.

Argentina 15th seed Agustin Calleri set-up a semi-final meeting with compatriot Guillermo Canas by crushing unseeded Spaniard Oscar Hernandez 6-0 6-3.

What's wrong with David Nalbandian? He's been losing form lately.

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Nadal's streak is getting longer and I want someone, preferably Roger, to end it.   But unfortunately, he's not playing at the mo.

I would also love to see Nadal and Canas reach the finals, but with Canas winning. 

Nadal thrashed Federer at Monte Carlo final last week sunday.

davidylan:

Nadal thrashed Federer at Monte Carlo final last week sunday.

I know abt that, infact that was his fifth successive victory on clay over Federer. I just wish someone will end it soon.

Guillermo Canas won a nearly three-hour-long battle with fellow Argentine Agustin Calleri to reach the final of the Barcelona Open, coming through 7-6 6-7 6-2.

"To be in another final is really good," Canas said.

"To play against Rafael Nadal is great. He beat me twice before, so this time I hope it's going to be different."

Top seed Rafael Nadal notched up his 71st consecutive win on clay when he beat fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 7-5 6-1 to reach the Barcelona Open final.

The world number two struggled for his usual consistency in swirling winds but was too strong for Ferrer, advancing to a final against 12th seeded Argentine Guillermo Canas.

Nadal said: "This was my most difficult match of the (claycourt) season. The first set was really tough. The key to winning was to find the rhythm in my forehand.

"David is very quick and one of the best players in the world, especially on this surface.

"It was a very difficult match but it is great to be in the final for a third year."

Nadal to beat Canas in straight sets.