Nadal won in straight sets and extended his career record to 8-0 against the
12th seed, but he was made to work a little harder than those figures
suggest.
The first set went to a tie-break but the second was one-sided, and a
resurgent effort from Almagro in the third set came too late to prevent a
7-6 (7/4), 6-2, 6-3 defeat.
Nadal was not at his best in the opening set, but after an opening love game
for Almagro he tended to hold serve more comfortably.
It was game 11 before the crowd on Court Philippe Chatrier saw the first break
point, Almagro surviving with a decisive overhead.
That took the set to a tie-break, Nadal taking the first four points and
wrapping it up when Almagro sent a service return long.
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