Nicolas Almagro seeks to escape the long shadows of compatriots David Ferrer and Rafa Nadal. While enjoying his finest season, he may have reached a peak that can lead him into the top ten.

Rafael Nadal stormed into Semifinals while Andy Murray ousted.

Defending champion and top seed, Robin Soderling, had home field advantage but Spain’s speedy Nicolas Almagro rose to the occasion in the finals at Bastad.

Rafa Nadal made quick work of Robin Soderling in avenging last year’s fourth round upset and establishing himself as the greatest clay court player of the generation.

When it mattered most, Rafael Nadal was unflappable against challenger Nicolas Almagro while 29-year old Jurgen Melzer came back from two sets down against Novak Djokovic to claim the final semifinal berth.

Tournament organizer’s could not have charted Wednesday’s Men’s Quarterfinal outcomes any better. The lower draw will now feature a semifinal pairing between two of the tour’s big names and biggest guns when American Andy Roddick challenges Spain’s Rafa Nadal on Friday.

Day six of the 2010 Australian Open could have been compared to an exhausted runner who, after finishing a race and drinking ample fluids, immediately finds a soft bed and blacks out for 10 hours of deep, reviving sleep. Indeed, the end of the third round in the year’s first major tournament marked a point […]

Worthwhile developments and especially newsworthy scores after a packed day of action at Melbourne Park: FIVE-SET THRILLERS ABOUND The losses of Robin Soderling and Juan Carlos Ferrero (mentioned elsewhere on this blog) weren’t the only five-setters witnessed on a rather contentious Tuesday in Australia. Other extended wars dotted the landscape on the blue plexicushion courts […]

Much of the drama in the first week of a Grand Slam event concerns the middle-tier players fighting for added respect, bigger paychecks, and the momentum that can re-invigorate a career. In light of these tensions unique to the world of major championship tennis, it can be said that on Wednesday at Roland Garros, Nicolas […]

Gilles Muller’s is the ‘Cinderella story’ of tennis. He captured the attention of every tennis fan at the 2008 US Open with his progress from qualifier to quarter finalist. On the way he knocked out Tommy Haas, Nicolas Almagro and Nicolay Davydenko before falling to Roger Federer. He entered the tournament ranked 130 in the […]