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Defeat by a double 6-2 and gets into Barcelona Open semifinals. The Spaniard continues at high level.

Rafa Nadal got into Barcelona Open semifinals after a comfortable win over Tipsarevic (6-2, 6-2), which ended without resources, like all Spanish rival on clay. The Serbian only found a way to hurt Nadal in a couple of games early in the second set. The rest was dominated by the Spaniard, relentless on clay. Solid as usual, took advantage of the many mistakes of his opponent with the right to win one more game. For now, continues to display that began in Monte Carlo. In the semifinals will face Verdasco, who passed through injury Nishikori.

The game started with a double break of Nadal in their first two games the rest. In the blink of an eye, the set went 4-0 and was nearly sentenced. Spanish has started the clay season like a shot, open every right angles and each setback has weight and venom. Difficult not to make mistakes under the blows of the Spanish, often profound. Nadal game requires the opponent to be in an extraordinary level. Tipsarevic, a good player in mind something fragile, was a new victim.

The Serb wanted to recover at the end of the first set and the start of the second. He won all four games of the match in that span. The first set was lost, but at least managed to recover and try to stand up in the second. He took more and found, above all, his backhand crosscourt, which was his best shot in the game. With the right not find the way. Or going out, or the Nadal countered. The Spanish, meanwhile, offered many more variants. Nadal was the last match, a player who becomes a rival for the wall and when attacks do much harm.

Tipsarevic stayed in the game until the fifth game of the third set. Matched the initial 2-0 Nadal in that part, but the break of Spanish was the 3-2 final. That lowered his arms and played Serbian pleasure Nadal duel ended peacefully, without conceding a game. No way to stop the Spaniard, who is thin, very solid and secure, and aggressive.

Spain has one foot in the semifinals of the Davis Cup after winning the first two games to Austria in the quarterfinal tie which is held in Oropesa del Mar (Castellón). However, athletic success is not linked to the public. The stands in Marina d´Or are half full or half empty, depending how you look.

Spanish fans do not like tennis and is a faithful follower of Rafa Nadal? One question that remains in the air in the light of the appearance of the stands in the quarter-final tie that pits Spain with Austria in Oropesa del Mar. Media ticket for the first two games, something unthinkable if Nadal were in the track. But there are reasons for this collapse of the public.

Without the # 1 Spanish, 2 ATP, organizers should consider lowering prices for parties of Spain in the Davis Cup. Tennis fans in the skin of bull there are many, but not many are willing to pay the prices of fertilizers as these range from 207.70 euros (first class in the background), 94.50 (third category side) for the five matches the price that could be found online at official websites. Not to mention what it would cost accommodation in the seaside resort for three or four days.

The poster was not bad, far from it. David Ferrer is the number 5 in the world and Nico Almagro, the twelfth of the ATP. And rivals, the Murcia was the Jurgen Melzer, 21. Another Austrian, Andreas Haider-Maurer, is the 139. Three players in the top 25 pairs. One of them, Ferrer, land of Valencia. A perfect hook, if that `The Spanish Armada´ is not itself.

In the end, it has not worked, at least in this first day, riding the track at Marina d´Or holiday village advertised as though it belongs to Oropesa del Mar. The weather, rainy and cold, has not accompanied this Easter, but still less the absence of Nadal, who needs rest in a year with Olympics. Eye, which was the same in the aterior tie against Kazakhstan in Oviedo. Without Nadal will have to lower prices.

Match results: Almagro beat Melzer in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4. For his part, Ferrer was even stronger after beating Maurer 6-1, 6-3, 6-1, and playing at half speed for the physical problems of his rival, far below and above played depleted by injury ankle.

Rafa Nadal is aware that this season has not been the best, but certainly not their intention to continue improving his game to try to regain the world number 1, now in the hands of Novak Djokovic.

Rafa Nadal is aware that this season has not been the best, but certainly not their intention to continue improving his game to try to regain the world number 1, now in the hands of Novak Djokovic. "I think Rafa, 2010 had something more special than the 2011 Rafa, especially in complicated situations. Win or lose depends on things very, very small. And probably resolved these little things better in 2010 than in 2011. It´s hard win the big games. I lost a lot of finals this year, I lost seven of ten, "he said at a news conference.

The Spaniard admitted to having played "worse" than in 2010 but does not agree with Andy Murray believes that traditional rulers have fallen circuit performance. "I do not think the level is better than in 2010 or 2009. For me it´s similar. Even now, the mine and Federer is a little worse," he said. In fact, for both he and Nadal Federer has slowed their point of failure. "I´ve been very consistent, probably more than last year, but I played a little worse. I also believe that Roger has played well but lost a few games in the past had not never yielded," he analyzed.

For the Spaniard in tennis today must be improved "every year" because if not every time you have "fewer choices. Do not forget that this is my seventh year on the circuit in the` top-2 ´. This has been well, first, because mentally I´ve been in perfect condition, and secondly because I´ve always tried to improve. That is the goal and is what I hope to continue doing so long, "he added.

Although not mentally going through one of the "toughest moments" of his career knows he is to "transition". "You can not play perfect all the time. I´ve done very well this year, not perfect. So I lost some important games. I do not know if this will be a positive or negative for the future," he said. However, Nadal is with the "enough excitement and motivation" to keep working hard "to find solutions and be an even better player next year." Finally, he denied that Djokovic, who won ten tournaments this year has changed his style. "He´s done some things better than in previous years and from that comes the great success of this year. That´s what I´m going to try to do," he said.

The U.S. has played two finals in Cincinnati, falling to Andy Roddick in 2003 and in 2010 Roger Federer

Mardy Fish has qualified for the semifinals of the 1000 Cincinnati Masters after two rounds defeating Rafael Nadal, who had never previously won. While the Spanish repeats the quarterfinals last year, the U.S. will seek his third final in this tournament against Andy Murray, who beat Gilles Simon.

In the six previous between both players (Indian Wells 2006, Queen's 2006, Madrid 2006, Wimbledon 2006, U.S. Open 2008, Wimbledon 2011), Rafa Nadal Mardy Fish had bowed to, and these increasingly intense confrontations and even. In Cincinnati the U.S. has broken the story and got his first victory over the Spanish, who won by an aggregate score of 6-3, 6-4 in one hour and thirty-nine minutes in the clash played in the second turn of the Lindner Family Tennis Central Tennis.

Fish jumped to the mat past revolutions, too concerned not to give options to Nadal in the exchange. Their mistakes have led him to save two break balls in the opening game, but its successful sartenazos at the bottom track and its good performance in the network allowed him to maintain balance on the scoreboard. As in previous days, Nadal played to the rhythm of his opponent and missed the first time trouble was, `giving away 'with a double fault the break Fish in the fourth game of the match. Since then, the U.S. demonstrated the maturity of mind which led him to 'Top Ten' at 29 years and knew how to manage income to sign the first set. The statistics hit winners (16-1) leaves very clearly the difference in the audacity of one another during the first act.

Nadal battled against the elements

In the second set, multiplied the problems for Nadal. Besides the relentless game of Fish, has not yielded a single service so far this championship had to deal with the errors of the line judges, too erratic, and discomfort in your blisters (left foot and right hand) that required medical treatment on track. In purely sporting, the Spaniard fought and I can not want more after conceding a new break in the fifth game of the set. Fish, meanwhile, had its day of grace and took advantage, gathering a great service (made 220 km / h) and an automated pull-volley game. He even dared to left and from bottom to play Rafa!. While Spanish is deflated, the U.S. swelled in happiness, giving to win for the first time in your career at a rival institution's Nadal.

In the semifinals, Fish will have to face to face with Britain's Andy Murray, who won with authority to Gilles Simon of France by a score of 6-3 and 6-3 after one hour and thirty-five minutes game crash that opened the day on Grandstand court. Are the third semi-final British number 4 ranking in these parts after those of 2008 (won the tournament after beating Novak Djokovic in the final) and 2009 (lost to Roger Federer). Fish and Murray were measured seven times to date, with a wealth of favorable to Minnesota 4-3.