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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Top-ranked Rafael Nadal survived a scare at the Rio Open on Saturday, fighting off two match points before defeating fellow Spaniard
Pablo Andujar 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (10) to advance to the final. Joe Greene Steelers Jersey . Nadal will next face Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine, who upset second-seeded David Ferrer 6-4,
6-4 on Rios outdoor clay. Nadal has been almost unbeatable on clay in his
career, compiling a 297-21 record, the best in the Open era. His last loss on
the surface was 10 months ago against Novak Djokovic in the Monte Carlo Masters.
But this was not his night as he needed nearly three hours to defeat Andujar.
Nadal is returning from a back injury he sustained in the final of the
Australian Open four weeks ago -- a match he lost to Stanislas Wawrinka. "I felt
empty the whole match," he said. "It was very humid, and this was the toughest
day of all. I just didnt feel that great physically, and Im not talking about
the back. I just didnt feel that great. "It was close because he played well,
and I didnt play my best," Nadal added. Nadal acknowledged his victory was
lucky. "The tiebreak was a lottery," he said. "But I played better in the
tiebreak than the rest of the match." Andujar had two match points in the
third-set tiebreaker but couldnt convert either. "I played one of the best
matches of my life," he said. "Maybe the best. But I had a great one across (the
net) from me." Dolgopolov, who had beaten Ferrer only once in seven previous
matches, won handily and didnt flinch. "I always have these type matches with
him, and usually at the end he would beat me," the Ukrainian said. "I knew Id
have to make those shots. If you dont win the points against him, he takes it
away. Im really happy I didnt get tight and give away a lot of shots."
Dolgopolov has won two previous ATP titles. Ferrer won the Copa Claro last
weekend in Buenos Aires, his third consecutive title in that clay-court event.
He has 21 ATP titles. In the womens tournament, top-seeded Klara Zakopalova of
the Czech Republic and fifth-seeded Kurumi Nara of Japan will face off in the
final. Zakopalova defeated local hope Teliana Pereira 6-2, 6-1, and Nara won
over Nastassja Burnett of Italy 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. Zakopalova will be aiming for her
third WTA singles title. She won two in 2004, and has since been a losing
finalist 11 times. This will be Naras first WTA singles final. "Im very
surprised because its on a clay court," said Nara, a university student who
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Galaxy. NANCY, France -- Matteo Trentin of Italy won Fridays seventh stage of
the Tour de France in a photo finish, after two top American hopefuls went down
in the latest spills of a crash-marred edition this year. Fellow Italian
Vincenzo Nibali retained the overall leaders yellow jersey. U.S. rider Tejay van
Van Garderen, who crashed within the last 17 kilometres, was the big loser on
the day -- with his fall costing him more than a minute in the title chase. The
sun finally broke through clouds that had dumped rain over riders in recent days
for the 234.5 kilometre (146 mile) ride from Epernay, the capital of Champagne
country, to the eastern city of Nancy. It was the second-longest stage of the
three-week race this year. Trentin, a cheery 24-year-old who won a stage in the
Tour of Switzerland earlier this year, beat Slovakias Peter Sagan by what looked
like no more than a centimetre or two on the finish-line photo of the final
sprint. The finish was so close that the Tours Web site initially declared Sagan
the winner. Trentin patted Sagan on the back after crossing the line. The
Cannondale star, who took home the green jersey given to the Tours best overall
sprinter for the last two years, has finished in the top-5 of every stage this
year -- and second three times -- but has yet to win. Frances Tony Gallopin was
third. "Honestly I didnt know that I won. I told Peter that he had beaten me on
the line. Cycling is nice because anything can happen," said Trentin, who won a
stage in Lyon in his first Tour last year. "Its a good thing that I won two
times." Trentin dedicated the victory to his Omega Pharma Quick Step team and
its star sprinter Mark Cavendish, who crashed out in Stage 1. BMC leader van
Garderen was not the only American to have a bad day. Andrew Talansky fell in
the final sprint, rolling over and scuffing up his left arm and ripping his
jersey on his shoulder after getting bumped by Australias Simon Gerrans. But
under course rules, Talansky, the Garmin-Sharp team leader, didnt lose time in
the title chase because his crash happened within the last three kilometres. He
yelled in frustration after crossing the line. "Hes ok ... its not something
thats going to affect him much," Garmin-Sharp team Jonathan Vaughters said of
Talansky on French TV. "I dont know if it was Gerrans fault, but hes angry.
Thats 100-per cent sure." Overall, Nibali has a two-second lead over Astana
teammate Jakob Fuglsang and is two minutes, 37 seconds clear of two-time Tour
winner Alberto Contador -- his main riival. Ramon Foster Steelers Jersey. Talansky is seventh, 2 minutes, 5 seconds back. With about 16 kilometres left, a Movistar
team rider bumped the back wheel of van Garderen as he moved to the right in the
pack. They tumbled to the asphalt. Van Garderen got rolled over by another
riders bike. The BMC leader got up and back to the race, but lost time to
Nibali, even after several of his teammates pedaled furiously in front of him to
keep him out of the wind, trying to help him catch up. He shrugged off the
damage, putting it into the long-term perspective of a three-week race that ends
in Paris on July 27. "Its a tough blow, but the Tour is long, the race changes,"
van Garderen said of the time loss, calling the crash "nothing major. So Ill
definitely be fine to start tomorrow." More significant for the BMC leader in
the long-term, however, may be the withdrawal of Colombias John Darwin Atapuma,
a good climber whom the team was grooming to help van Garderen. The race medical
report said Atapuma was taken to a hospital for treatment of a broken femur just
above the knee. "This is definitely not a good day for the team," said van
Garderen. "To lose him ... I really just hope hes ok, I hear he banged his knee
pretty hard." Overall van Garderen trails 3 minutes, 14 behind Nibali, in 18th
place, after starting the stage only 2:11 adrift. "There have really been a lot
of crashes this year, in the final sprints," Nibali said. "We all knew that
Sagan wanted a win today ... The end of the stage was very hard." The biggest
crash casualty this year was defending champion Chris Froome, who dropped out of
the race with an injured wrist in Stage 5. Also falling in the finish-line
crash, Swiss rider Mathias Frank, the leader of the IAM Cycling team, was
undergoing a medical scan at hospital for a severely injured hip, the race
medical report said. In an earlier crash, Dutch rider Stef Clement dropped out
of the race and was taken to hospital after a blow to the head. In a possible
preview of race action to come, Contador led a small attack along a low-grade
climb with about 6-kilometres left, but he couldnt shake Nibali. The Italian
says he expects the Spanish two-time champ to attack in the mountains ahead
starting this weekend, culminating with a tough uphill finish on Monday. A
shakeout among title contenders could be ahead in Saturdays eighth stage, which
winds through medium-height mountains along a 161-kilometre (100-mile) run from
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