Madrid: Rafael Nadal fought back to beat David Ferrer 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-0 in Friday's quarter-finals of the Madrid Open, keeping alive his bid to reach a seventh straight final since returning from injury.
In a meeting of Spain's top ranked players, Ferrer's baseline game on the red clay almost proved too much for the fifth-seeded Nadal.
But Nadal held on to force a third set and won six straight games to improve his career record against Ferrer to 18-4.
Nadal will play either Pablo Andujar or Kei Nishikori of Japan in the semifinals....
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10:02 PM, May 10, 2013
Oeiras: Stanislas Wawrinka won the Portugal Open by beating top-seeded David Ferrer 6-1, 6-4 in Sunday's final. The second-seeded Wawrinka, who is from Switzerland, broke Ferrer's serve three times while not giving up one break point to finish the lopsided match in 1 hour, 5 minutes. It was Wawrinka's fourth career title and first this year. ...
10:53 PM, May 05, 2013
Barcelona: Top seed David Ferrer summed up his error-strewn defeat by qualifier Dmitry Tursunov as "one of the worst I have played" after falling at the first hurdle at the Barcelona Open on Wednesday. The Spaniard lost 7-5 3-6 6-1 to the Russian but seven-time champion Rafa Nadal eased past Carlos Berlocq 6-4 6-2. Four-time finalist Ferrer had pulled out of the Monte Carlo Masters event last week with a...
09:48 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Spain's David Ferrer has pulled out of the Monte Carlo Masters event that starts on Sunday due to injury. "Unfortunately I will not be able to be in Monte Carlo because of physical problems," the world number four said on his Twitter feed on Thursday, without elaborating. Ferrer is hoping to recover in time to play in the Barcelona Open that starts on April 20. The Monte Carlo Masters launches...
11:03 PM, Apr 11, 2013
The 2-6 6-4 7-6 victory was Murray's ninth in a Masters 1000 series event. ...
08:28 AM, Apr 01, 2013
Murray will now play David Ferrer in the final and a victory over Ferrer would move him above Roger Federer into second place in the world rankings. ...
08:03 AM, Mar 30, 2013
Haas, who beat world number one Novak Djokovic to reach the quarter-finals, will now play Spain's David Ferrer. ...
02:38 PM, Mar 28, 2013
Serving at 4-5 in the second set of a see-saw struggle, the third seed Sharapova saved three set points before winning the final three games to end the two hour, 29-minute battle. ...
09:29 AM, Mar 28, 2013
David Ferrer defeated Fabio Fognini 6-1, 7-5 to start the men's third round at the Sony Open. ...
04:19 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Del Potro seaid, he and a few others like Berdych, Tsonga and Ferrer are trying to get into that group but it's not easy. ...
07:29 AM, Mar 15, 2013
Nadal's comeback reached a new high with his victory at the Mexican Open, giving tennis fans hope the 11-times grand slam champion can return to the top of the game. ...
11:34 AM, Mar 04, 2013
Rafael Nadal blasted past top seed and defending champion David Ferrer 6-0, 6-2 in final of the Mexican Open. ...
10:20 AM, Mar 03, 2013
Rafael Nadal beat Nicolas Almagro 7-5, 6-4 in one hour and 49 minutes, extending his perfect record in their head-to-head meetings to 9-0. ...
12:53 PM, Mar 02, 2013
With top-ranked Spain missing big guns Rafa Nadal, David Ferrer and Nicolas Almagro, the Canadians seized their chance. ...
09:40 AM, Feb 02, 2013
Djokovic advanced to his third consecutive Australian Open final with a 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 win over Ferrer. ...
03:51 PM, Jan 24, 2013
Djokovic and Sharapova registered easy wins in their quarter-final matches to advance to the last four of Australian Open. ...
06:31 PM, Jan 22, 2013
Djokovic won his 19th consecutive match at Melbourne Park to keep alive his bid for a third successive Australian Open title. ...
05:08 PM, Jan 22, 2013
Fourth-seeded Ferrer will play either top-ranked Novak Djokovic, the defending champion, or Tomas Berdych in the semifinals. ...
11:38 AM, Jan 22, 2013
David Ferrer advanced to the Australian Open quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 win over Kei Nishikori of Japan. ...
10:01 AM, Jan 20, 2013
Among the men, only No. 6 Juan Martin del Potro was the exception, a 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 3-6, 6-3 loser to France's Jeremy Chardy. ...
03:14 PM, Jan 19, 2013
