Samuel López - head coach of JC Ferrero tennis academy

Samuel López is one of our coaches, co-founder of the Juan Carlos Ferrero - Equelite Sport Academy and, nowadays, the Nicolás Almagro tennis coach.

He is the one in charge of the JC Ferrero's trainings and schedule next to Antonio Martínez Cascales, one of the best Spanish coaches with loads of distinctions from the Spanish Royal Federation, Proffesional Tennis Registration, etc.

In addition, Samuel uses to manage a lot of tournaments. For example, in April 2012 he is the director of the best ITF tournament in Spain which is played at Equelite -Grade 2- which is problably becoming Grade 1 for 2013. Also, the Spanish National Championship, the Equelite Tennis tour in the Valencia Open and Andalucía zone, etc.

Right now, he is part of the technical staff of the federation and one of the teachers in charge of the formation of new coaches.

Head coach of Equelite for the last 12 years and training with lots of professional players like JC Ferrero, Nico, David Ferrer, María Sharapova, Justin Henin, etc.

Tomas Berdych Won't Shake Nicolas Almagro's Hand (Australian Open 2012)

No. 7 seed, Tomas Berdych  faced a tough Nicloas Almagro who is very solid from the baseline.

Nicolas Almagro started the year on a high with a good performance at the Chennai Open. He then lost in the quarter-finals at Heineken Open. His Australian Open campaign has been a bumpy one with one four set and one five set match already in his bag. He would be focusing on this match like he did in his previous one where he beat Stanislas Wawrinka in straight sets. A victory over Berdych would do him no harm as he send a strong message to his next opponent.

This will be their seventh meeting with the Czech leading 4-2.

Despite winning, Berdych refused to shake Almagro's hand after the match. At 5-5, 0-30, Almagro had drilled Berdych in the shoulder with a forehand as Berdych stood almost right on top of the net. The Spaniard tried to apologize but Berdych would have none of it. As a result, the Czech was booed ferociously by the crowd throughout his post-match interview.