
Preisgeld: €1,995,000
Belag : Clay
Gewinner 2005-2008: Nadal
Gestern noch in Monaco und heute schon in der Quali in Barcelona:
Nicolas Lapentti,before falling to Rafael Nadal, recovered from a poor first set to dominate Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas 26 63 60. The former world #6 next plays Marc López, who was one of two Spanish wild cards to score upset wins on Saturday, thrashing fifth seed Paul Capdeville of Chile 61 62. Meanwhile, Marc Ramos Viñolas accounted for eighth seeded compatriot Ivan Navarro 63 64.
In the day’s final match, eleventh seed Fabio Fognini of Italy fought back from a 6-1 first set drubbing to beat Algeria’s Lamine Ouahab in a marathon match 16 62 76(8).
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