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Rafael Nadal hammered Fabio Fognini 6-2, 6-2 in just over an hour as Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray set up a re-run of the 2013 Wimbledon final. Nadal next plays Canadian 12th seed Milos Raonic, who reached the Miami quarters for the first time by beating German Benjamin Becker 6-3, 6-4 on a fourth match point.
First Patrick. Now Jose. “When a high percentage of the coaches want it more than the players,” he said, “we have a problem.”
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.
The five leading women's seeds all won, led by Serena Williams, who beat Coco Vandeweghe 6-3, 6-1. Williams was finally satisfied after some patchy performances on court. "I was really struggling my first two matches, so I just wanted to have a better performance today," the world number one said.
The surgeon who performed wrist surgery on world no.8 Juan Martin Del Potro yesterday in Minnesota discovered far greater damage to the joint than was expected but there are still hopes the Argentine could be back in action before the end of the year.
The last ball has been struck at what turned out to be one of the most successful non-Grand Slam events in pro tennis history as the Indian Wells Tennis Garden gets set to next host America’s rising starts...
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USTA Director of Coaching Jose Higueras watched on Wednesday as two United States teenagers won opening-round matches at the USTA Men’s Pro Tennis Championships of Calabasas, a USTA $15,000 Pro Circuit Futures event being played at the Calabasas Tennis & Swim Center.
The sport's top names put in some work for their sponsors before playing their opening matches at Miami. Maria Sharapova did her part to maintain her status as the top-earning women's athlete, showing at the JW Marquis hotel on Monday for a Tag Heuer event. Sharapova took part in a clinic with guests of the company...
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Based on current rankings, these seedings should have been reversed -- Sloane Stephens came in ranked #16, Caroline Wozniacki #18. But you would never have known it! And, because Stephens was defending 140 points and Wozniacki only 80, that will reverse -- Stephens will fall to no better than #18, with Wozniacki probably #17 and with the chance to go higher.
Another small but solid step toward the Top Four for Roger Federer. It's getting close to certain he'll make it; the only two players who could catch him are David Ferrer and Tomas Berdych, and Ferrer needs a final (one more win by Federer and Ferrer would need a title); Berdych already needs a title.
Kaley Cuoco, star of the hit TV show “The Big Bang Theory”, showed flashes of the form that made her a competitive USTA junior player during the Kaley Cuoco & Friends Exhibition on Saturday night at the Calabasas Tennis & Swim Center.
Mathematical memo to Maria Sharapova and her entourage: During the first two sets of Sharapova's match with Lucie Safarova, she was winning 34% of second serve points. At the same time, she was putting in 64% of first serves, and winning 70% of those points. Had she fired a first serve on her second serve, she would have double-faulted dozens of times but would have won 45% of second serve points.
Andy Murray got off to a really slow start -- a sign of his lack of a coach, perhaps? At least he managed to pick up his game. He'll need a lot more that this to avoid falling to #8, though. Matthew Ebden added only a few points, but that may well be enough to take him above #65.
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