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April 28 (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal won his eighth Barcelona Open title in nine years with a 6-4 6-3 victory over fellow Spaniard and fourth seed Nicolas Almagro on Sunday.    

April 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Result from the Barcelona Open Men's Singles Final on Sunday 2-Rafa Nadal (Spain) beat 4-Nicolas Almagro (Spain) 6-4 6-3    

April 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Result from the Marrakech Grand Prix Women's Singles Final on Sunday 6-Francesca Schiavone (Italy) beat Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spain) 6-1 6-3    

STUTTGART, April 28 (Reuters) - World number two Maria Sharapova saved her best performance of the week for last when she successfully defended her Stuttgart Grand Prix title with a 6-4 6-3 victory over second seed Li Na of China to kick off her clay-court season in style on Sunday.    

STUTTGART, April 28 (Reuters) - World number two Maria Sharapova saved her best performance of the week for last when she successfully defended her Stuttgart Grand Prix title with a 6-4 6-3 victory over second seed Li Na of China to kick off her clay-court season in style.    

April 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Result from the Stuttgart Grand Prix Women's Singles Final on Sunday 1-Maria Sharapova (Russia) beat 2-Li Na (China) 6-4 6-3    

April 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Result from the Bucharest International Men's Singles Final on Sunday Lukas Rosol (Czech Republic) beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) 6-3 6-2    

April 27 (Reuters) - Top seed and holder Maria Sharapova battled through a tough three-set claycourt match for the third day in a row on Saturday to book a place in the final of the Stuttgart Grand Prix.    

April 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Stuttgart Grand Prix Women's Singles Semifinal matches on Saturday 2-Li Na (China) beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands (U.S.) 6-4 6-3 1-Maria Sharapova (Russia) beat 3-Angelique Kerber (Germany) 6-3 2-6 7-5    

April 27 (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal moved to within one victory of an eighth Barcelona Open title in nine years when he thrashed Canadian fifth seed Milos Raonic 6-4 6-0 on Saturday to set up a final against fourth-seeded Spanish compatriot Nicolas Almagro.    

April 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Barcelona Open Men's Singles Semifinal matches on Saturday 2-Rafa Nadal (Spain) beat 5-Milos Raonic (Canada) 6-4 6-0 4-Nicolas Almagro (Spain) beat 8-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) 6-2 6-1    

April 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Marrakech Grand Prix Women's Singles Semifinal matches on Saturday Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spain) beat Mandy Minella (Luxembourg) 2-6 6-0 6-1 6-Francesca Schiavone (Italy) beat Chanelle Scheepers (South Africa) 7-6(4) 6-1    

April 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Bucharest International Men's Singles Semifinal matches on Saturday Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) beat 5-Florian Mayer (Germany) 6-4 4-6 6-3 Lukas Rosol (Czech Republic) beat 2-Gilles Simon (France) 6-2 6-3    

BERLIN, April 26 (Reuters) - World number five Li Na withstood a late comeback from Petra Kvitova to beat the fifth-seeded Czech 6-3 7-5 on Friday and set up a Stuttgart Grand Prix semi-final with American qualifier Bethanie Mattek-Sands.    

April 26 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Stuttgart Grand Prix Women's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Friday 2-Li Na (China) beat 5-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 6-3 7-5 Bethanie Mattek-Sands (U.S.) beat Sabine Lisicki (Germany) 6-4 6-2 1-Maria Sharapova (Russia) beat Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) 7-5 4-6 6-4 3-Angelique Kerber (Germany) beat Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan) 6-3 7-6(2)    

April 26 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Marrakech Grand Prix Women's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Friday 6-Francesca Schiavone (Italy) beat 3-Alize Cornet (France) 6-4 6-4 Chanelle Scheepers (South Africa) beat 7-Kristina Mladenovic (France) 6-1 6-2 Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spain) beat 5-Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) 6-4 4-6 6-3 Mandy Minella (Luxembourg) beat Silvia Soler Espinosa (Spain) 6-3 3-6 6-3    

* Almagro through to last four to face Kohlschreiber (Adds Nadal, Raonic results, quotes)    

April 26 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Barcelona Open Men's Singles matches on Friday Quarterfinal 5-Milos Raonic (Canada) beat Tommy Robredo (Spain) 6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(2) 2-Rafa Nadal (Spain) beat Albert Ramos (Spain) 6-3 6-0 4-Nicolas Almagro (Spain) beat 7-Juan Monaco (Argentina) 6-3 7-5 8-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) beat 16-Thomaz Bellucci (Brazil)WO Round 3 Tommy Robredo (Spain) beat 3-Tomas Berd    

April 26 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Bucharest International Men's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Friday 5-Florian Mayer (Germany) beat Victor Hanescu (Romania) 6-3 7-6(3) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) beat 1-Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia) 6-3 3-6 6-4 Lukas Rosol (Czech Republic) beat 8-Viktor Troicki (Serbia) 6-3 6-1 2-Gilles Simon (France) beat Daniel Brands (Germany) 6-1 7-5    

April 26 (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal overcame another hurdle on his way to a possible eighth Barcelona Open title in nine years when he recovered from a poor start to beat Benoit Paire 7-6 6-2 in their delayed third-round match on Friday.