VALENCIA, Spain -- Defending champion David Ferrer will play former winner Nicolas Almagro in the semifinals of the Valencia Open after both Spaniards won on Friday. The top-seeded Ferrer beat Jerzy Janowicz of Poland 6-4, 4-6, 6-0, while the third-seeded Almagro bounced back from a poor start to down Fabio Fognini 7-6 (6), 6-2. Ferrer used his speed and ground game to overcome Janowiczs powerful serve with key breaks to finish the first set and then start the third. Ferrer and Almagro have won a combined five titles at this tournament. Besides last year, Ferrer won the event in 2010 and beat Almagro in the 2008 final, ending the latters two-year title run. Also, Mikhail Youzhny outlasted Finlands Jarkko Nieminen 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-4 in 2 hours, 21 minutes to set up an all-Russian semifinal with Dmitry Tursunov. Tursunov ousted Jeremy Chardy of France 6-3, 6-3. Janowicz hit 10 aces with speeds reaching 238 kph (148 mph) on the indoor hard court, but his serve also betrayed him. Two of his four double-faults helped cost him two service games, and on match point he twice served into the net. Ferrer, ranked No. 3, kept scrambling to keep the ball in play until he wore Janowicz down, with one long rally even sending Janowicz crashing into a flower stand. Ferrer also defeated Janowicz in their only previous meeting in the final of the Paris Masters last year when he claimed his first Masters title. "I knew that today was going to be a different match," Ferrer said. "It was a tough one. He served very well and it was difficult to counter that. It was too bad to drop the second set, but I quickly forgot about it." Fognini had a bright start up 3-0 and a chance to serve out the first set before Almagro saved a set point in the tiebreaker en route to finally going up 1-0. Almagro converted four of five break points to put away the Italian. New Orleans Pelicans Jersey UK . Berdych and Stepanek played all five matches when the Czechs beat Spain 3-2 in the final last November in Prague to win the countrys first title as an independent nation. Memphis Grizzlies Jersey UK . After hauling Torontos defensive efficiency up to a (shockingly) respectable 12th last season, the club plummeted right back into the leagues basement this season, finishing with a 22nd-place ranking. http://www.nbashopofficial.co.uk/portland-trail-blazers/ . Despite some nerves, he also had a good time in his first game against them. Alex Tanguay scored twice and Varlamov made 40 saves in his return to Washington as the Avalanche remained perfect under coach Patrick Roy with a 5-1 win on Saturday night. Utah Jazz Jersey UK . “Whats the one thing I told him last night?” John-Michael Liles chirped as he strolled by. “What was the thing I told you right before we went out?” “I forget,” Gardiner replied. Minnesota Timberwolves Jersey UK . The team announced the deal Tuesday, but terms werent released. Veteran forward Scott Sealy and Alex Lee, a pick in the 2012 supplemental draft, also signed with FC Dallas.MILAN, Italy -- Atalanta and Cagliari took giant steps toward avoiding relegation by beating Chievo Verona and Catania respectively in Tuesdays rearranged Serie A games. Maxi Moralez scored the only goal of the game to hand Atalanta a 1-0 win. The Argentine had a goal ruled out for offside in the first half. Cagliari won 3-0 after Thiago Ribeiro put his team in front following a horrendous error from Catania goalkeeper Pietro Terracciano. Mauricio Pinilla doubled the lead and substitute Victor Ibarbo sealed the match in stoppage time. The 33rd round of fixtures was postponed following the death of Piermario Morosini on April 14. Morosini -- on loan from Udinese -- collapsed and died after suffering cardiac arrest during Livornos match at Pescara in Serie B. There was a minutes silence held by the players in Bergamo, Morosinis hometown. Morosini had started his career in Atalantas youth team and the fans applauded loudly in his memory as Elvis Presleys "Always on my mind" was played over the loudspeakers. A picture of Morosini was shown on the giant screen along with the words "Goodbye Piermario, you will always remain in our hearts," while there were several banners with his name in the stands. Atalanta thought it had taken the lead in the 15th minute when Moralez volleyed in Giacomo Bonaventuras cross but the Argentine was rightly judged to have been narrowly offside. Chievo should have gone in front shortly before the half hour as a swift counterattack saw Cyril Thereau set up Sergio Pellissier, but the Chievo captain miscontrolled the ball and Atalanta goalkeeper Andrea Consigli saved his shot comfortably. Atalanta almost took the lead on the stroke of halftime but Chievo goalkeeper Stefano Sorrentino kept out Ezequiel Schelottos swiveling volley at full stretch. The home side nearly broke the deadlock in the 57th when Boonaventura feinted round Kamil Vacek and whipped in a fierce effort from the edge of the area which sailed narrowly wide of the left upright.dddddddddddd Atalanta went even closer 10 minutes later when top scorer German Denis -- who has scored 15 goals this season -- headed Carlos Carmonas cross wide from close range. It finally scored when Schelotto cut the ball back to the onrushing Moralez, who whipped a brilliant right-footed shot across into the top left corner. Bonaventura should have made sure of the victory five minutes from time but he headed Cristian Raimondis cross narrowly wide. Atalanta moves level on 43 points with Chievo, eight points off the drop zone. Cagliari has two points less. The Sardinian side is playing its remaining home football matches nearly 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) away in Trieste because of a dispute with its city council over renovating its stadium. Catania should have taken an early lead but Gonzalo Bergessio wasted a brilliant opportunity when he headed Giovanni Marcheses cross narrowly wide of the left upright. Cagliari went in front in the 21st when no one connected with Pinillas low cross in front of goal and the ball fell to Andrea Cossu, who cut it back to Ribeiro on the edge of the box. The Brazilian threaded a shot through a crowd of players and it crept into the bottom right corner. Cagliari almost doubled its lead minutes before the break when Davide Astoris header was cleared off the line by Catania midfielder Francesco Lodi. Ibarbo came off the bench in the 73rd minute and sealed the result with almost his first involvement as he raced down the left flank before crossing in for Pinilla to tap home. Ibarbo got on the scoresheet in stoppage time following another swift counterattack as he sped toward the area and set up Daniele Conti, whose effort was parried back to the Colombian. ' ' '