The 2011 Monte-Carlo Masters narrowed the field down to 16 players on Wednesday. Rafael Nadal and Nicolas Almagro were among the players who advanced.
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The 2011 Monte Carlo Masters have narrowed down to the final sixteen with action concluded for Wednesday, April 13th.
Results from Wednesday saw Rafael Nadal defeat Jarkko Nieminen in an easy match for the world number one while nine-time clay court titlist Nicolas Almagro stuggled mightily against Maximo Gonzalez before winning in a third set tiebreaker and saving four match-points.
All the singles results from Wednesday are available below:
Singles - Second Round
[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) d Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 62 62
[3] [WC] Andy Murray (GBR) d [WC] Radek Stepanek (CZE) 61 64
[4] David Ferrer (ESP) d Felciano Lopez (ESP) 62 60
Tommy Robredo (ESP) d [6] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 64 63
[7] Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d Robin Haase (NED) 36 61 62
[8] Gael Monfils (FRA) d Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 75 62
[9] Nicolas Almagro (ESP) d [Q] Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) 67(6) 75 76(10) - saved 4 M.P.
[11] Viktor Troicki (SRB) d Fabio Fognini (ITA) 63 46 64
[13] Richard Gasquet (FRA) d Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 62 61
[15] Marin Cilic (CRO) d [Q] Pere Riba (ESP) 52 ret. (right knee)
[16] Gilles Simon (FRA) d Albert Montanes (ESP) 63 64
[Q] Frederico Gil (POR) d Florian Mayer (GER) 75 61
Nadal's next match is against Richard Gasquet, a clay court titlist from 2010 while Nicolas Almagro will have to play better if he is to best Jurgen Melzer, a French Open semifinalist from 2010.
