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Almagro lands Nice title

Saturday 21 May 2011 16:52, UK

Celebrating win over Nicolas Almagro
Image: Almagro beat Romanian Hanescu 6-7 6-3 6-3

Nicolas Almagro won the Nice Open with victory over Victor Hanescu in the final on Saturday.

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Spaniard comes through after slow start

Nicolas Almagro won the Nice Open with victory over Victor Hanescu in the final on Saturday. The Spanish claycourt specialist recovered from a sluggish start to triumph 6-7 6-3 6-3 over his Romanian rival. Third seed Almagro made a series of unforced errors early on and found himself trailing 7-5 to Hanescu, who went on to claim the opening set tiebreak. But the world number 12 finally found his range from the baseline and he went on to overpower Hanescu and clinch his 10th ATP title. The win comes on the eve of the French Open, where the 11th seed will face qualifier Lukasz Kubot of Poland in the first round.

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