Soo koob maqaalka:  Kii Nishikori ayaa si guul leh u bilaabay difaaca horyaalka Barcelona Open isaga oo ku guuleystay Teymuraz Gabashvili Talaadadii. Nishikori oo u dhashay dalka Japan ayaa guul ka gaaray kulankii wareega labaad kadib markii uu 6-3 6-4 kaga adkaaday dhigiisa Ruushka. Labada xiddig ee kale ee u gudbay wareega saddexaad waxay ahaayeen labada Isbaanish - xiddiga toddobaad ee Roberto Bautista-Agut oo 6-3 6-4 ku guuleystay Thomaz Bellucci oo reer Brazil ah, iyo xiddiga sagaalaad ee Tommy Robredo, horyaalkii 2004 oo 6-3 6-2 ku guuleystay Kazakhstan Mikhail Kukushkin. Kei Nishikori oo ah xiddiga ugu sareeya horyaalka Barcelona Open ayaa si guul leh u bilaabay inuu difaaco horyaalkiisa isaga oo ku guuleystay laba set oo toos ah. Nishikori oo u dhashay dalka Japan ayaa guul ka gaadhay kulankii wareega labaad kadib markii ay iska caabiyeen Teymuraz Gabashvili. Nishikori ayaa dabaal degay kadib markii uu ka adkaaday Gabashvili maalintii labaad ee Barcelona Open. Ciyaarta ugu horreysa ee horyaalkii siddeed jeer ee Rafael Nadal ee tartanka sannadkan ayaa noqon doonta isku dhaca wareega labaad ee lala yeelanayo saaxiibkiisa reer Spain Nicolas Almagro, oo tartankiisii wareega koowaad ee Paolo Lorenzi uu ku dhammaaday si xawli ah markii Talyaanigu uu ka fariistay seddex ciyaarood kadib. Sidoo kale wareegga koowaad ee Talaadada, Albert Montanes wuxuu kulan la yeeshay saaxiibkiisa guriga David Ferrer - xiddiga seddexaad - isagoo ka adkaaday Ricardas Berankis oo reer Lithuania ah 1-6 6-4 7-5. Fernando Verdasco oo ku dhashay Madrid sanadkii 2010 ayaa ka soo baxay tartanka isagoo ka hor yimid Andrey Rublev. Dominican Victor Estrella Burgos ayaa ka adkaaday Dominic Thiem oo reer Austria ah 6-3 7-6 (7/3) si uu ugu gudbo kulan uu la yeeshay xiddiga afaraad ee Croatia Marin Cilic. Isbaanish kale oo ka soo muuqanaya wareega labaad ayaa noqon doona xiddiga shanaad ee Feliciano Lopez, oo la ciyaari doona Marsel Ilhan ka dib guushii 7-6 (7/2) 3-6 6-1 ee Turkigu ka gaadhay James Ward oo reer Great Britain ah. Laakiin horyaalkii 2010 ee ku dhashay Madrid Fernando Verdasco ayaa ka qeyb galay ka dib markii uu 7-6 (7/4) 6-3 uga badiyay isreebreebka Ruushka Andrey Rublev.
Kei Nishikori oo reer Japan ah ayaa ku guulaystay wareegga labaad. Waxa uu ku garaacay tartamayaashiisa Ruushka 6-3 6-4 ee Barcelona. Ciyaarta ugu horeysa ee uu ciyaari doono Rafael Nadal ayaa waxa uu la ciyaari doonaa ninka reer Spain ee Nicolas Almagro.