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“He Soñado Con Un Torneo Así” DOMINGO, 27 ABRIL 2014 DEPORTES LA VANGUARDIA 79 El cuadro PRIMERA SEGUNDA TERCERA CUARTOS SEMIFINAL FINAL RONDA RONDA RONDA 1 Rafael Nadal (ESP) R. Nadal Bye (1) R. Nadal(1) 1 Albert Ramos (ESP) A. Ramos 7-6 -6-4 6-4, 6-4 Nikolái Davidenko (RUS) R. Nadal (1) 6-3-6-3 Ivan Dodig (CRO) I. Dodig WC 5 Facundo Argüello (ARG) 6-3, 6-7 ,6-2 I. Dodig 6-1, 6-4 Bye F. Lopez 13 Feliciano López (ESP) (13) N. Almagro (6) 11 5 Fernando Verdasco (ESP) F. Verdasco 2-6, 7-6 ,6-4 Bye (11) F. Verdasco (11) Kenny de Schepper (FRA) K. de Schepper 6-4, 6-3 Q 6-3, 7-5 Marsel Ilhan (TUR) N. Almagro (6) 6-3, 6-3 Martin Klizan (ESL) M. Klizan 6-2, 6-4 Somdev Devvarman (IND) N. Almagro (6) 6 Bye N. Almagro 7-5, 7-64 Nicolás Almagro (ESP) (6) 3 S. Giraldo Fabio Fognini (ITA) F. Fognini 7-5, 6-3 Bye (3) S. Giraldo Santiago Giraldo (COL) S. Giraldo 6-0, 4-0 Igor Sijsling (HOL) 6-4, 6-2 S. Giraldo 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 Radek Stepanek (CHE) D. Thiem 6-4, 6-4 Q Dominic Thiem (AUT) D. Thiem 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 Bye M. Granollers 14 Marcel Granollers (ESP) (14) S. Giraldo 10 P. Kohlschreiber (ALE) P. Kohlschreiber 6-4, 4-3 yretirada (10) Bye P. Kohlschreiber (10) 4 TONI ALBIR /EFE Q E. Roger-Vasselin (FRA) E. Roger-Vasselin 7-6 ,6-2 Kei Nishikori devuelve una bola con un revés ados manos 6-2, 6-2 Andreas Beck (ALE) P. Kohlschreiber (10) 7-5, 6-3 Mijaíl Kukushkin (KAZ) J. Melzer Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 7-65,3-6, 6-3 J. Melzer “He soñado con Bye Jerzy Janowicz 6-4, 7-61 7 Jerzy Janowicz (POL) (7) un torneo así” 5 Tommy Robredo (ESP) T. Robredo Bye (5) T. Robredo (5) João Sousa (POR) M. Matosevic 6-3, 6-4 El sorprendente finalista Santiago Giraldo, 6-3, 6-2 Marinko Matosevic (AUS) M. Cilic (12) 7-5, 63-7, 7-65 exultante despuésdetumbar aAlmagro Q Andréi Kuznetsov (RUS) A. Kuznetsov 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) M. Cilic (12) 6-1, 7-62 Bye M. Cilic MARTA MATEO que de ganar aaRafa. Pero al fi- 12 Marin Cilic (CRO) (12) nal todos somos de carne yhue- K. Nishikori (4) Barcelona 6-1, 6-3 so”, confesó. Muy serio se mos- 16 Benoît Paire (FRA) B. Paire “Me toca llegar alafinal para co- tró Almagro, que necesitó apoyar- Bye (16) A. Gólubev 6-4, 5-1 nocer la sala de prensa”, bromea- se en muletas después de perder. Q Matteo Viola (ITA) ba Santiago Giraldo al empezar El diagnóstico deberá confirmar- A. Gólubev yretirada 6-4, 6-3 su conferencia antelos medios. se, aunque todo apunta auna fas- Andréi Gólubev (KAZ) K. Nishikori (4) 6-0, 6-4 El colombiano se mostró tranqui- citis plantar en el pie izquierdo, Lukasz Kubot (POL) Bautista Agut lo, transmitiendo el aplomo de igual que en Montecarlo. 6-1, 6-0 R. Bautista Agut (ESP) K. Nishikori (4) un político, algo impropio de “¡Cuánta gente hay!”, decía sor- 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 quien tumba al favorito yalcanza prendido Kei Nishikori, abruma- Bye K. Nishikori (4) una final por segunda vez. “He so- do por la cantidad de periodistas 4 Kei Nishikori (JPN) K. Nishikori (4) ñado un torneo como este”. que le esperaban. En su primera 6-2, 6-4 8 Alexánder Dolgopólov (UCR) A. Dolgopólov De la zona cafetera de Pereira, final en Europa, la segunda en tie- (8) el joven de 26 años y65del ran- rra batida –perdió en Houston an- Bye A. Montañés 4 king, quiso acordarse de la gente te Ryan Sweeting en el 2011– el Albert Montañés (ESP) A. Montañés 7-6 ,6-2 de su país. “Ahora mi objetivo es Q Marc López (ESP) 7-64,6-2 poder dar una alegría alos míos, LESIÓN DE NICO E. Gulbis (9) que anivel deportivo no tienen WC D. Gimeno Traver (ESP) Gimeno Traver 7-5, 6-1 El murciano necesitó 6-3, 7-5 muchas. En Colombia el tenis es WC R. Carballés Baena (ESP) E. Gulbis (9) el segundo deporte más popular muletas despuésdel Bye E. Gulbis 7-65,6-3 yestán muy pendientes yconten- partido. El diagnóstico: 9 Ernests Gulbis (LET) (9) tos. Es muyhalagador”. E. Gulbis (9) Giraldo llegó aser número 39 fascitis plantar 15 Dimitri Tursúnov (RUS) D. Tursúnov 6-1, 6-4 del mundo en el 2012, pero una Bye (15) Í. Cervantes peritonitis que se complicó le nipón aseguró que Barcelona es WC Íñigo Cervantes (ESP) Í. Cervantes 5-7, 6-0, 6-3 apartó de las pistas cuatro meses un “torneo que siempre marco 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 yledebilitó físicamente. “Me to- en el calendario”, bien porque le A. Nedovyesov (KAZ) T. Gabashvili 6-4, 6-2 có superar muchos inconvenien- enamora la cultura, bien porque Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) T. Gabashvili tes pero gracias aeso maduré. hay muchos japoneses dándole 6-3, 6-4 Michal Przysiezny (POL) T. Gabashvili Tengo que confiar más en mí mis- afecto desde las gradas. 6-4, 6-2 Bye D. Ferrer mo”, reconoció el sudamericano, Desdeque Michael Chang se 2 que en el partido de octavos ante convirtióensutécnico, Nishikori David Ferrer (ESP) (2) el austriaco Dominic Thiem sal- empieza aser un nombre atener vó cinco bolas de partido. “De cin- en cuenta en tierra. “Mike me da cuenta como esas, gané una”. más confianza”, dice Kei, que na- Q Clasificado de la fase previa LL Repescado “Laley de probabilidades de ció meses después de que su WC Invitado Bye Exento ganaraNico era mucho más alta maestro ganase Roland Garros.c.
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