Nadal To Play Djokovic In Finals Of Miami, Both Win by “Walkovers”

Written by: on 28th March 2014
Sony Open Tennis 2014
Nadal To Play Djokovic In Finals Of Miami, Both Win by "Walkovers"

epa04136928 Rafael Nadal of Spain returns the ball to Lleyton Hewitt of Australia during their match at the Sony Open tennis tournament on Key Biscayne in Miami, Florida, USA, 22 March 2014. EPA/RHONA WISE  |

BOB LARSON’S TENNIS NEWS

 

* Nishikori pulls out of match against Djokovic

* A few hours later, Berdych pulls out against Nadal

 

 

Miami

 

Singles – Semifinal: (2) N Djokovic def. (20) K Nishikori walkover (groin)

Not much to say about this except that Kei Nishikori waited until about two hours before his match to pull it. We’ll have to see if he can play Davis Cup. The loss means that he will leave here at #18.

Djokovic has now had two walkovers and has played only three matches here!

Singles – Semifinal: (1) R Nadal def. (7) T Berdych walkover (gastroenteritis)

No, we couldn’t believe it either, when this result came through (about four hours after the preceding). But consider this: We had five seeds withdraw here: Berdych, del Potro, Haas, Nishikori, and Mayer. Even by modern standards, that’s an extreme rate. Tomas Berdych lasted long enough to reach #5, but this means that it will be Roger Federer, not Berdych, who has the #4 ranking. Rafael Nadal will of course be #1.

This obviously meant that the day’s only action was women’s doubles. Good thing they at least had that!

— refunds are being requested ….. Very unusual dilemma…

 

THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Miami (1000/Hard). Defending Champion: Andy Murray

NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Davis Cup

******** STATS AND FACTS ********

 

RANKINGS

 

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of March 28, 2013

 

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Nadal………….13730

2..(2) Djokovic……….11410

3..(3) Wawrinka………..5740

4..(5) Federer…………5225

5..(7) Berdych…………4720

6..(4) Ferrer………….4640

7..(8) Del Potro……….4260

8..(6) Murray………….3975

9.(10) Isner…………..2715

10.(12) Raonic………….2710

11..(9) Gasquet…………2635

12.(11) Tsonga………….2615

13.(14) Fognini…………2340

14.(17) Robredo…………2140

15.(16) Dimitrov………..2130

16.(15) Youzhny…………2090

17.(13) Haas……………2075

18.(21) Nishikori……….1985

19.(18) Anderson………..1940

20.(19) Almagro…………1750

21.(20) Janowicz………..1715

22.(23) Dolgopolov………1690

23.(22) Gulbis………….1655

24.(24) Monfils…………1510

24.(25) Kohlschreiber……1510

26.(28) Pospisil………..1333

27.(26) Cilic…………..1330

28.(27) Simon…………..1315

29.(29) Verdasco………..1270

30.(32) Mayer…………..1245

**DRAWS

 

Miami — week of March 17, 2014

………………..3R…………….4R………QF……….SF……….F

1 Nadal………….(1)Nadal……….Nadal……Nadal…….Nadal…….Nadal

29 Tursunov………Istomin

19 Janowicz………Bautista Agut

14 Fognini……….(14)Fognini…….Fognini

 

12 Raonic………..(12)Raonic……..Raonic…..Raonic

23 Monfils……….Garcia Lopez

27 Pospisil………Bedene(Q)

[Becker(LL)]……..Becker(LL)……..Becker

 

3 Wawrinka……….(3)Wawrinka…….Wawrinka

25 Cilic…………Roger-Vasselin

22 Dolgopolov…….(22)Dolgopolov….Dolgopolov..Dolgopolov

[Lajovic(LL)]…….(LL)Lajovic

 

10 Isner…………(10)Isner………Isner

18 Almagro……….(18)Almagro

26 Simon…………Sousa

7 Berdych………..(7)Berdych……..Berdych….Berdych…..Berdych

 

5 Federer………..(5)Federer……..Federer….Federer

28 Verdasco………de Bakker(Q)

17 Anderson………(17)Anderson

9 Gasquet………..(9)Gasquet……..Gasquet

 

15 Dimitrov………(15)Dimitrov

20 Nishikori……..(20)Nishikori…..Nishikori..Nishikori..Nishikori

31 Seppi…………(31)Seppi

4 Ferrer…………(4)Ferrer………Ferrer

 

6 Murray…………(6)Murray………Murray…..Murray

32 Lopez…………(32)Lopez

24 Kohlschreiber….Baghdatis(WC)

11 Tsonga………..(11)Tsonga……..Tsonga

 

16 Robredo……….(16)Robredo…….Robredo

21 Gulbis………..Benneteau

30 Mayer…………(30)Mayer

2 Djokovic……….(2)Djokovic…….Djokovic…Djokovic…Djokovic…Djokovic

 

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Nadal

2 Djokovic

3 Wawrinka……..lost 4R (Dolgopolov)

4 Ferrer……….lost 4R (Nishikori)

5 Federer………lost QF (Nishikori)

6 Murray……….lost QF (Djokovic)

7 Berdych………WITHDREW from SF

8 del Potro…….WITHDREW (replaced by Becker)

9 Gasquet………lost 4R (Federer

10 Isner……….lost 4R (Berdych)

11 Tsonga………lost 4R (Murray)

12 Raonic………lost SF (Nadal)

13 Haas………..WITHDREW (replaced by Lajovic)

14 Fognini……..lost QF (Nadal)

15 Dimitrov…….lost 3R (Nishikori)

16 Robredo……..lost 4R (Djokovic)

17 Anderson…….lost 3R (Gasquet)

18 Almagro……..lost 4R (Isner)

19 Janowicz…….lost 2R (Bautista Agut)

20 Nishikori……WITHDREW from SF

21 Gulbis………lost 2R (Benneteau)

22 Dolgopolov…..lost QF (Berdych)

23 Monfils……..lost 2R (Garcia-Lopez)

24 Kohlschreiber..lost 2R (Baghdatis)

25 Cilic……….lost 2R (Roger-Vasselin)

26 Simon……….lost 2R (Sousa)

27 Pospisil…….lost 2R (Bedene)

28 Verdasco…….lost 2R (de Bakker)

29 Tursunov…….lost 2R (Istomin)

30 Mayer……….WITHDREW from 3R

31 Seppi……….lost 3R (Ferrer)

32 Lopez……….lost 3R (Murray)

******** SCORES ********

 

FRIDAY

Miami

Singles – Semifinal

(1) R Nadal def. (7) T Berdych walkover (gastroenteritis)

(2) N Djokovic def. (20) K Nishikori walkover (groin)

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