Rafael Nadal avenged a loss to Nicolas Almagro last year with a 6-3, 6-1 win at the Barcelona Open in Spain, but the reigning United States Open champion, Marin Cilic, slumped to a second-round loss, falling to Victor Estrella, 6-4, 6-4.
u25a0 Zarina Diyas beat the former Wimbledon runner-up Sabine Lisicki, 6-0, 6-0, in the first round of the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany.