BARCELONA: Veteran Alex Corretja ended the giant-killing run of teenaged Rafael Nadal, holding off an early assault from the young Spaniard yesterday to survive 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 into the third round of the Barcelona Open.
A week after stunning reigning French Open holder Albert Costa in the first round in Monte Carlo, strapping 16-year-old Nadal set his sights on another leading member of his nation's legendary clay-court Armada.
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