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Nadal and Ferrer remain ahead in the tournament in Barcelona23-04-2015 |
Rafael Nadal did not surprise as last year and qualified for the third round of the tennis tournament in Barcelona, eliminating compatriot Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 6-1. But the champion of Australian Open United States Marine Cilic (Croatia) failed to save by dropping and left, defeated by a player from the Dominican Republic. Almagro made 19 unforced errors against 9 from Nadal in the first set, which give preference to 2nd in the tournament.
In the pause between the two mixes, a young man proposed marriage to his girlfriend, and immediately after the beginning of the second part, Nadal made a breakthrough for 3:1, which was the actual end of the match.
Nadal's next opponent will be the winner of the match between Fabio Fonini (Italy) and young Russian Andrei Rublev. Cilic's indentation of Viktor Esrela from the Dominican Republic with 4:6, 4:6. Esrela will play in the next stage with Martin Kližan from Slovakia, who hit Juan Monaco (Argentina) with 5:7, 6:0, 6:3.
Number 5 in the tournament Spain beat Feliciano Lopez of the Turk Marcel Ilhan with 6:2, 5:7, 7:6 (5). David Ferrer, which is number 3, had a rather easy task with the Spanish veteran Albert Montanes defeated him with 6:2, 6:3.