2016 Rio Open in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil February 15 - 21,2016 - Rafael Ndal(Spain)beat Nicolas Almagro(Spain)6-3, 7-5. and enters the QF Thursday February 18,2016

  

Defending Champions

Men's Singles

David Ferrer(Spain)won the title, defeating Fognini in the final, 6–2, 6–3.

Women's Singles

Sara Errani(Italy)won the title, defeating Anna Schmiedlova(Slovakia)7-,6-1

Men's Doubles

Martin Klizan(Slovakia)& Philipp Oswald(Austria)beat Pablo Andujar(Spain)&Oliver Marach(Austria) 7-6,6-4

Women's Doubles 

Ysaline Bonaventure(Belgium)& Rebecca Peterson(Sweden)beat Irina Camelia Begu(Romania)& Maria Irigoyen(Argentina)3-0 Retired

Even the King of Clay Rafael Nadal needs victories to boost his confidence, which has waned recently as his dominance has slipped on the slippery red surface.

"Winning is the important thing, which gives you confidence and lets you relax," Nadal said after joining fellow Spaniard David Ferrer in the quarterfinals of the Rio Open, the third clay-court tournament in the month-long swing around Latin America.

 

Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer — the top two seeded players — both beat countrymen on Thursday to reach the last eight. Nadal beat Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 7-5 and Ferrer defeated Albert Ramos-Vinolas 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Rafael Nadal has won 14 of 15 matches against Almagro.

Rafael Nadal was knocked out in the semifinals last week in Buenos Aires, which he linked partly to stomach problems and the stifling heat in the Argentine summer.

"I'm feeling better physically," Nadal said. "Last week I had a little problem with my stomach during the whole week, and with the humidity — it was unbelievable. I felt so bad physically. Here I'm feeling much better because the stomach is much better.
 That's the key on the improvement of my game, and victory helps."


Rafael Nadal will face Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine while David Ferrer meets young Austrian Dominic Thiemin the QF