Almagro gets through first round in Brazil Open

AP Worldstream | February 10, 2009 | Copyright

Defending champion Nicolas Almagro of Spain beat crowd favorite Ricardo Hocevar 7-6 (4), 7-5 in the first round of the Brazil Open on Monday.

The top-seeded Almagro needed 1 hour, 43 minutes to get past the wild card Brazilian in the $562,000 clay event in northeastern Brazil.

Almagro got off to a slow start, but took the first set by dominating the tiebreaker and then broke Hocevar late in the second set to clinch the victory.

The 18th-ranked Almagro hit seven of his 11 aces in the first set. He will face Martin Vassallo Arguello of Argentina, who beat Nicolas Massu of ...

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