Miami MEN’s Results, Nadal & Wawrinka Cruise

Written by: Staff on 25th March 2014

Sony Open tennis tournament on Key Biscayne, in Miami, Florida

Miami MEN's Results, Nadal & Wawrinka Cruise

epa04139339 Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine returns the ball to Dusan Lajovic of Serbia during a third round match at the Sony Open tennis tournament on Key Biscayne in Miami, Florida, USA, 24 March 2014. Dolgopolov won the match. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER |

BOB LARSON’S TENNIS NEWS

* Raonic beats Garcia-Lopez to edge closer to Top Ten

* Nadal loses only one game against Istomin; Wawrinka wins in straight sets

* Dolgopolov needs two hours to edge Lajovic, and needs one more win to rise in rankings

* Fognini wins marathon to end Bautista Agut’s Top Forty hopes

* Isner leaves Almagro still stuck at bottom of Top Twenty

* Loss top Berdych leaves Sousa just above #40

****** TODAY’S MEN’S NEWS ******

Miami

Top seed Rafael Nadal thrilled a Spanish-speaking home crowd as he crushed Denis Istomin 6-1, 6-0 to steamroll into the fourth round. The Australian Open finalist fished off his demolition in 59 minutes with six breaks of serve to maintain a perfect 4-0 slate in the series with the Uzbek coached by his mother.

“I played a very complete match. No match is perfect, but I did a lot of things very well. No mistakes, serving with good percentage, and playing a lot of winners,” said Nadal.

Melbourne champion Stanislas Wawrinka, seeded third, defeated Frenchman Eduardo Roger-Vasselin 7-5, 6-4 as the Swiss lifts his level and builds up the confidence of a grand slam winner. “I’m just doing my job,” said Wawrinka. “My job is to play tennis, try to play the best possible, and to do that I have to practice well. That’s what I’m doing: stay focused on my tennis, it’s quite simple.

Tomas Berdych, the seventh seed beat Joao Sousa of Portugal 6-2, 6-4. Canadian 12th seed Milos Raonic took victory in less than an hour over Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-1, 6-2 to next face lucky loser Benjamin Becker, a winner over Aljaz Bedene 6-3, 7-5.Alexandr Dolgopolov defeated lucky loser Dusan Lajovic 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (7-5)

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 24, 2013

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Nadal………….13220

2..(2) Djokovic……….10900

3..(3) Wawrinka………..5740

4..(5) Federer…………5135

5..(4) Ferrer………….4640

6..(7) Berdych…………4450

7..(8) Del Potro……….4260

8..(6) Murray………….3885

9.(10) Isner…………..2715

10..(9) Gasquet…………2635

11.(12) Raonic………….2620

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.(18) Anderson………..1940

19.(19) Almagro…………1750

20.(20) Janowicz………..1715

20.(21) Nishikori……….1715

22.(22) Gulbis………….1655

23.(23) Dolgopolov………1600

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

1 Nadal………….(1)Nadal

29 Tursunov………Istomin

19 Janowicz………Bautista Agut

14 Fognini……….(14)Fognini

12 Raonic………..(12)Raonic

23 Monfils……….Garcia Lopez

27 Pospisil………Bedene(Q)

[Becker(LL)]……..Becker(LL)

3 Wawrinka……….(3)Wawrinka

25 Cilic…………Roger-Vasselin

22 Dolgopolov…….(22)Dolgopolov

[Lajovic(LL)]…….(LL)Lajovic

10 Isner…………(10)Isner

18 Almagro……….(18)Almagro

26 Simon…………Sousa

7 Berdych………..(7)Berdych

5 Federer………..(5)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

31 Seppi…………(31)Seppi

4 Ferrer…………(4)Ferrer

6 Murray…………(6)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

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Nadal

2 Djokovic

3 Wawrinka

4 Ferrer

5 Federer

6 Murray

7 Berdych

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

9 Gasquet

10 Isner

11 Tsonga

12 Raonic

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

14 Fognini

15 Dimitrov…….lost 3R (Nishikori)

16 Robredo

17 Anderson

18 Almagro……..lost 3R (Gasquet)

19 Janowicz…….lost 2R (Bautista Agut)

20 Nishikori

21 Gulbis………lost 2R (Benneteau)

22 Dolgopolov

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

32 Lopez……….lost 3R (Murray)

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

MONDAY

Miami

Singles – Third Round

[1] R Nadal (ESP) d D Istomin (UZB) 61 60

[3] S Wawrinka (SUI) d E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 75 64

[7] T Berdych (CZE) d J Sousa (POR) 62 64

[10] J Isner (USA) d [18] N Almagro (ESP) 75 63

[12] M Raonic (CAN) d G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 61 62

[14] F Fognini (ITA) d R Bautista Agut (ESP) 46 63 63

[22] A Dolgopolov (UKR) d [LL] D Lajovic (SRB) 36 60 76(5)

[LL] B Becker (GER) d [Q] A Bedene (SLO) 63 75

Doubles – Second Round

[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) d O Marach (AUT) / D Tursunov (RUS) 62 62

[2] A Peya (AUT) / B Soares (BRA) d J Benneteau (FRA) / E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 76(3) 67(8) 10-5

F Lopez (ESP) / M Mirnyi (BLR) d [3] I Dodig (CRO) / M Melo (BRA) 75 75

[6] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) d R Haase (NED) / J Marray (GBR) 62 64

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