Tournament Review : (ATP 500 - Barcelona) Seeds : 1. Rafael Nadal 2. David Ferrer 3. Fabio Fognini 4. Kei Nishikori 5. Tommy Robredo 6. Nicolas Almagro 7. Jerzy Janowicz 8. Alexandr Dolgopolov 9. Ernests Gulbis 10. Phillipp Kohlschreiber 11. Fernando Verdasco 12. Marin Cilic 13. Feliciano Lopez 14. Marcel Granollers 15. Dmitry Tursunov 16. Benoit Paire Last 16s : Nadal vs Dodig Verdasco vs Almagro Giraldo vs Thiem Kohlschreiber vs Melzer Robredo vs Cilic Golubev vs Nishikori Montanes vs Gulbis Cervantes vs Gabashvili Quarterfinals : Nadal vs Almagro Giraldo vs Kohlschreiber Cilic vs Nishikori Gulbis vs Gabashvili Semifinals : Almagro vs Giraldo Nishikori vs Gulbis Final : Nishikori defeat Giraldo (6-2 6-2) Nadal keep struggling and failed to win his 9th title in Barcelona. Fognini, Janowicz, Cilic, Dolgopolov, Tursunov, Ferrer and Paire was struggling too during their early round matches. Verdasco didnt played his best during his match against countryman Almagro. Giraldo , Thiem, Melzer, Golubev, Cervantes and Gabashvili improved a lot. Nishikori played absolutely well and finally won his first clay-court title here. Tournament facts : Player(s) who won bagel set(s) : - Roberto Bautista Agut (1R against Lukasz Kubot - 6-1 6-0) - Inigo Cervantes (2R against Dmitry Tursunov - 5-7 6-0 6-3) - Santiago Giraldo (2R against Fabio Fognini - 6-0 4-0 ret.) - Kei Nishikori (3R against Andrey Golubev - 6-0 6-4) Qualifier(s) / Lucky Loser(s) / Wild Card(s) who won against seeded player(s) : - Dominic Thiem [Q] (2R against Marcel Granollers - 3-6 6-3 6-2) - Inigo Cervantes [WC] (2R against Dmitry Tursunov - 5-7 6-0 6-3) The youngest player - Dominic Thiem (World no. 80) - 20 years old and 7 months (lost in 3R) The oldest player - Radek Stepanek (World no. 41) - 35 years old and 4 months (lost in 1R) The shortest singles match of the tournament - Santiago Giraldo [59 mins] - (1R against Igor Sijsling - 6-4 6-2) The longest singles match of the tournament - Nicolas Almagro [2 hours and 47 mins] - (QF against Rafael Nadal - 2-6 7-6 [5] 6-4) Special Summary : ‧ Pablo Carreno Busta (lost in 1R) - 11th career clay-court match loss (the 1R match) ‧Matteo Viola (lost in 1R) - 11th career match loss (the 1R match) ‧Mikhail Kukushkin (lost in 1R) - 77th career match loss (the 1R match) ‧Edouard Roger-Vasselin (lost in 2R) - 44th career clay-court match played (the 2R match) ‧Roberto Bautista Agut (lost in 2R) - 44th career match win (the 1R match) - 88th career match played (the 1R match) ‧Martin Klizan (lost in 2R) - 22nd career clay-court match loss (the 2R match) ‧Fabio Fognini (lost in 2R) - 200th career clay-court match played (the 2R match) ‧Albert Ramos (lost in 2R) - 150th career match played (the 1R match) - 50th career clay-court match win (the 1R match) ‧Andrey Kuznetsov (lost in 2R) - 11th career clay-court match win (the 1R match) - 55th career match played (the 1R match) ‧Andrey Golubev (lost in 3R) - 44th career clay-court match played (the 2R match) ‧Jurgen Melzer (lost in 3R) - 111th career clay-court match win (the 2R match) ‧Teymuraz Gabashvili (lost in QF) - 77th career match win (the 2R match) - 66th career clay-court match played (the 2R match) ‧Santiago Giraldo (the runner-up) - 111th career match win (the SF match) - 55th career clay-court match win (the QF match) - 1st career ATP 500 final ‧Kei Nishikori (the champion) - 250th career match played (the QF match) - 1st career ATP 500 clay-court final - 1st career clay-court title - 1st career ATP 500 title Awards (by myself) : The well-played players - No.1 - Kei Nishikori (the champion) No.2 - Santiago Giraldo (the runner-up) No.3 - Nicolas Almagro (lost in SF) No.4 - Dominic Thiem (lost in 3R) No.5 - Ernests Gulbis (lost in SF) The best young star (must be 23 years old or below) - Dominic Thiem (lost in 3R) The best veteran (must be 30 years old or above) - Philipp Kohlschreiber (lost in QF) The most improved player - Santiago Giraldo (the runner-up) Next will be Munich and Oeiras.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 15:43:18 +0000
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