Valencia: David Ferrer cruised to an easy 6-4, 6-2 victory over fellow Spaniard Albert Ramos to reach the quarter-finals of the Valencia Open on Thursday. Ferrer, seeded No. 1 at the indoor tournament, used an effective serve plus four breaks of his 47th-ranked opponent in a much easier match after a labored first-round victory. The fifth-ranked Spaniard next faces Nicolas Almagro, who defeated American Sam Querrey 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-0....
02:33 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Valencia: Milos Raonic and John Isner were knocked out of the Valencia Open by lower-ranked opponents on Wednesday, denting their chances of clinching one of two remaining berths at next month's World Tour finals in London. Eighth-seeded Canadian Raonic lost his first-round match against Luxembourg's Gilles Muller 7-5, 7-6, while American Isner, the fifth seed, was beaten 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 in the second round by Belgian 21-year-old David Goffin, who...
08:54 AM, Oct 25, 2012
Valencia: Top-seeded David Ferrer laboured past a stubborn Olivier Rochus 7-5, 7-5 Tuesday at the Valencia Open, where Nicolas Almagro sent former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero into retirement with his own first-round victory. Rochus saved five break points before succumbing to Ferrer on serve in the 10th game of the second set. The fifth-ranked Spaniard then held on despite 42 unforced errors, releasing a big sigh of relief after...
09:30 AM, Oct 24, 2012
Minsk: Roberto Soldado's hat trick led Valencia to a 3-0 win at BATE Borisov on Tuesday, keeping alive the Spanish club's hopes of reaching the Champions League knockout stage. BATE looked nothing like the team that beat last season's finalist Bayern Munich 3-1 at the same venue of Dinamo Stadium in the previous round of matches. Soldado opened the scoring with a penalty in first-half stoppage time. Valencia goalkeeper Diego...
02:19 AM, Oct 24, 2012
Valencia: Juan Carlos Ferrero's singles career came to an emotional end when he lost 7-5 6-3 to his Spanish compatriot and close friend Nicolas Almagro in the Valencia Open first round on Tuesday. A former world number one who won the French Open in 2003 but whose career was hampered by injuries, Ferrero announced last month he would retire after playing his home event. Sixth seed Almagro, at 27 Ferrero's...
11:09 PM, Oct 23, 2012
Valencia: Former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt beat Juan Monaco of Argentina 6-3, 6-4 in the opening round of the Valencia Open on Monday, ending a 10-match losing run against top-10 opponents. The Australian wild-card entry broke the 10th-ranked Monaco twice in the opening set and three times in the second at the indoor hard-court tournament. The loss makes it difficult for the Argentine to qualify for the season-ending ATP World...
11:09 AM, Oct 23, 2012
Valencia: Marin Cilic of Croatia recovered from a shaky start to beat Slovakia's Martin Klizan 1-6, 6-0, 6-3 in the first round of the Valencia Open on Sunday. Klizan saved five break points while breaking Cilic's serve twice to easily take the first set on the indoor hard court at the City of Arts and Sciences. The seventh-seeded Cilic, who has won two tournaments this year, turned things around to...
11:39 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Barcelona: Mallorca's 2-0 win over Valencia to extend their excellent start and move up to second place in the Spanish league was overshadowed on Sunday by the postponement of Real Madrid's game at Rayo Vallecano due to a presumed act of sabotage that left Vallecas stadium insufficiently well lit. The Spanish capital derby had been billed as a must-win match for Madrid, who are 11 points behind leader Barcelona. Instead,...
08:38 AM, Sep 24, 2012
Munich: Toni Kroos' powerful long-range strike ensured Bayern Munich made a winning start in the Champions League with a 2-1 victory over Valencia on Wednesday. Kroos let fly to the top left corner with 14 minutes remaining, just as a defensive Valencia side had threatened to equalize Bastian Schweinsteiger's 38th-minute opening goal. "Of course it's always dangerous when it's 1-0. The second goal was very important for us," Schweinsteiger said....
08:17 AM, Sep 20, 2012
Munich: Bayern Munich will begin their Champions League campaign against Valencia on Wednesday full of confidence after their best start to a season in 12 years " when they went on to win the European title against the Spanish team. Bayern's dramatic loss on penalties to Chelsea in the Champions League final May prompted the German powerhouse to embark on a spending spree. It then won their first five competitive...
10:12 AM, Sep 19, 2012
Spain international Pablo Hernandez has joined Swansea from La Liga side Valencia for a club-record fee of 5.55 million pounds, the Premier League club said on Friday. The 27-year-old winger, who played under current Swans manager Michael Laudrup at Getafe, signed a three-year contract. "He has played a lot of games in the Champions League games in the last three seasons and made his debut in the national team," Laudrup...
11:22 PM, Aug 31, 2012
Madrid: Real Madrid defender Pepe has been released from hospital after spending the night under observation for a head injury sustained during Sunday's 1-1 home draw with Valencia. Real club doctors said on Monday Pepe is fine after a collision with teammate Iker Casillas forced him to leave the game with a small cut on his head. Real visits Barcelona on Thursday in the first leg of the Spanish Supercup....
10:46 AM, Aug 21, 2012
Barcelona: Real Madrid stumbled to a 1-1 draw at home against Valencia in the opening match of its Spanish league title defense on Sunday. Madrid appeared set to pick up where it had left off last season when Gonzalo Higuain scored in the 10th minute, but Jonas leveled for Valencia in the 42nd to give coach Mauricio Pellegrino a hard-earned draw on his debut. Cristiano Ronaldo, who set a club...
01:58 AM, Aug 20, 2012
Madrid: Barcelona have strengthened their defence and found a replacement for Eric Abidal by sealing an agreement with Valencia to sign Spain fullback Jordi Alba on a five-year contract, the La Liga club said on Thursday. The deal is worth 14 million euros and is subject to the 23-year-old left back, a Barca youth academy graduate who is representing Spain at Euro 2012, passing a medical, the club said on...
07:04 PM, Jun 28, 2012
Valencia: Lewis Hamilton was left frustrated and fuming after another run-in with Pastor Maldonado knocked him out of the points on the penultimate lap of the European Grand Prix in Valencia on Sunday. McLaren's 2008 world champion, who had started the day as championship leader, was fighting to hang on to third place when he and the Venezuelan Williams driver collided. The Briton, his car pitched into the wall, hammered...
08:59 AM, Jun 25, 2012
Valencia: Fernando Alonso of Ferrari won an incident-filled European Grand Prix on Sunday to become the first driver to win two races this season, while Michael Schumacher earned a first podium finish since his comeback by coming third. Alonso jousted his way up from 11th on the starting grid to claim an emotional victory for the Spaniard in front of his home fans after pole sitter Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull...
07:27 PM, Jun 24, 2012
Valencia: Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton kept his spirits up after his McLaren team looked well off the pace at the European Grand Prix on Friday. "I'm about 95 per cent away from where I want to be with my car at the moment, but I'll get back 90 per cent overnight," the 2008 world champion told reporters after ending the day's second practice session in 14th place. "Today...
10:33 AM, Jun 23, 2012
Valencia: World champion Sebastian Vettel looked a good bet to end Formula One's record run of different winners and complete a Valencia hat-trick with the fastest time in European Grand Prix free practice on Friday. The 24-year-old Red Bull driver, winner at the Spanish street circuit for the past two years, lapped with a best time of one minute 39.334 seconds in the second session under cloudy skies. Fellow-German Nico...
08:57 PM, Jun 22, 2012
London: Red Bull's double world champion Sebastian Vettel can end Formula One's unprecedented streak of seven different winners in the first seven races by extending his own winning run in Valencia this weekend. The 24-year-old German, winner of the European Grand Prix in 2010 and 2011, is gunning for a hat-trick on the streets of the Spanish Mediterranean port city to become the first repeat winner of a season that...
11:56 AM, Jun 21, 2012
