Nadal Interrupted By Marriage Proposal, But Prevails

Eight-time champion Rafael Nadal began his Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Nicolas Almagro on Wednesday. But it was not as simple as the score line suggests.

The Spaniard broke Almagro in the seventh game to seal the first set, at which point there was a pause in proceedings while a visiting British fan was filmed live courtside and on Spanish television proposing to his girlfriend – who said ‘yes’. Nadal later admitted, "I heard the crowd screaming a little bit, but I didn’t realise what was going on."