BARCELONA, Spain (AP)?Gael Monfils rallied to beat Robin Haase in three sets and Nicolas Almagro defeated Pablo Andujar in second-round matches at the Barcelona Open on Tuesday.
The seventh-seeded Monfils won 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 in his second tournament since being sidelined for nearly three months because of a wrist injury.
Almagro, seeded eighth, won 7-5, 7-6 (1) to improve to 16-2 on clay this season and move within one victory of breaking into the top 10 for the first time.
Fourth-ranked Andy Murray and Tomas Berdych pulled out of the event earlier Tuesday. Murray, seeded second behind Rafael Nadal, was bothered by an elbow injury. Berdych, seeded fifth, left with a stomach virus.
In the opening round, Milos Raonic beat Radek Stepanek 6-4, 6-2 in only his second clay tournament after debuting at Monte Carlo last week.
Richard Gasquet rallied to beat Juan Ignacio Chela 2-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4, and former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero defeated Xavier Malisse 6-4, 6-2 in his first match since the U.S. Open. The Spaniard had been recovering from wrist and knee surgeries in October.
Other first-round winners included Nikolay Davydenko, Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Ivan Dodig, Carlos Berlocq and Kei Nishikori.
Source: http://feeds.tennis.com/~r/tenniscom-news/~3/5WwB1inYCIs/
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