Second seed Juan Carlos Ferrero crashed to a straight-sets defeat by Alberto Martin in the second round of the Valencia Open on Thursday.

Ferrero, who lost 6-4 6-2, blamed a fever for the poor quality of his display against his fellow Spaniard.

"I was tired from halfway through the first set, so I tried to win it by being more aggressive in the second set, but I couldn't," he said.

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Posted by nana at 8:10 AM

World No. 21 Juan Carlos Ferrero, who clinched the 2003 Valencia title (d. C. Rochus) weeks before winning his maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros (d. Verkerk), required 64 minutes to beat Ernest Gulbis of Latvia 6-3, 6-1.

Second-seeded Ferrero now waits for the winner of Wednesday’s clash between Spanish compatriot Alberto Martin and Feliciano Lopez, who competed against the United States in the Davis Cup semifinals at the weekend.

Posted by nana at 5:51 AM

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

PISTA CENTRAL start 11:00am
E Korolev (RUS) vs [8]G Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
Not Before 12:30 PM
J Hajek (CZE) vs [3]N Almagro (ESP)
[7]F Volandri (ITA) vs I Andreev (RUS)
Not Before 5:15 PM
E Gulbis (LAT) vs [2]J Ferrero (ESP)

PISTA 1 start 11:00am
[6]F Mayer (GER) vs S Ventura (ESP)
[Q]P Andujar (ESP) vs S Greul (GER)
J Ward (GBR) vs [Q]A Gensse (FRA)
Not Before 6:00 PM
T Gabashvili (RUS) / G Simon (FRA) vs I Navarro Pastor (ESP) / A Portas (ESP)

PISTA 2 start 12:00 noon
[Q]M Granollers-Pujol (ESP) vs K Pless (DEN)
[Q]M Fornell (ESP) vs A di Mauro (ITA)
After Suitable Rest
T Cibulec (CZE) / S Roitman (ARG) vs P Andujar (ESP) / O Hernandez (ESP)

Posted by nana at 8:25 AM

(1)David Ferrer (ESP) vs Daniele Bracciali (ITA)
(WC)James Ward (GBR) vs (q)
Sergio Roitman (ARG) vs Jan Hernych (CZE)
(8)Guillermo Garcia Lopez (ESP) vs Evgueni Korolev (RUS)

(4)Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs Potito Starace (ITA)
Simon Greul (GER) vs (q)
Kristian Pless (DAN) vs (q)
(5)Gilles Simon (FRA) vs Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS)

(7)Filippo Volandri (ITA) vs Igor Andreev (RUS)
Oscar Hernandez (ESP) vs Stefan Koubek (AUT)
Alessio di Mauro (ITA) vs (q)
(3)Nicolas Almagro (ESP) vs Jan Hajek (CZE)

(6)Florian Mayer (ESP) vs (WC)Santiago Ventura (ESP)
Alejandro Falla (ECU) vs Andreas Seppi (ITA)
Alberto Martin (ESP) vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
(2)Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) vs Ernests Gulbis (LAT)


> draw (pdf)

Posted by nana at 12:06 PM

Almagro, Ferrero, Garcia-Lopez, Volandri Make Waves at America's Cup Exhibition

Capitalizing on the huge public interest in the 2007 America’s Cup, held in Valencia, organizers of the V Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana sent four players to the port for an exhibition with a difference on Sunday.

One day after the finish of Act 13, which comprised fleet racing between 11 challengers from nine countries, Nicolas Almagro, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Filippo Volandri and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez all boarded two catamarans for an impromptu hit.

The 32nd America’s Cup is being held in Europe for the first time in 150 years.

The challenger selection series , which is called the Louis Vuitton Cup will take place in Valencia from April 16 to June 12, 2007. The 2007 America's Cup match will take place in Valencia between June 23 and July 7, 2007.

> more photos in the JCFO Gallery

Posted by nana at 12:03 PM