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With only one title in nine tournaments and four losses on clay this season, Rafael Nadal may be suffering a crisis in confidence. If only he played John Isner every time he took the court, perhaps that would not be an issue.
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Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal wasted no time winning their opening matches at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Wednesday afternoon. Federer trounced Jeremy Chardy 6-2, 6-1 and Nadal advanced by the exact same scoreline at the expense of Lucas Pouille.
John Isner is playing his best tennis when everyone least expected it. Granted, Isner has always posted his best results at home in the United States, but otherwise his performance in this current Indian Wells-Miami swing has blindsided all witnesses.
No Roger Federer (did not play), Rafael Nadal (lost in the third round), no problem. Despite lacking two of the best players in the world, the Miami Open semifinals feature a pair of blockbuster matchups on Friday.
Three of the four highest-ranked players in the top half of the Miami Open draw successfully navigated their ways to the quarterfinals. Milos Raonic nearly made it four for four, but John Isner crashed the party. The result is a Thursday slate featuring Novak Djokoic vs. David Ferrer and Isner vs. Kei Nishikori.
Former World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt has accepted the final wild card into next week’s Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship at River Oaks Country Club.
World TeamTennis today announced the schedule for the 2015 season, which is highlighted by the return of world No. 1 Serena Williams to WTT action for the first time since 2011.
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Lexus Kid’s Day at the Miami Open kicked off an exciting day of events. Kids of every age participated in a variety of fun activities on Grandstand.
It took a pair of top 10 players to send Donald Young Jr. and Steve Johnson packing from the BNP Paribas Open. Two of the four American men to reach the third round in Indian Wells, Young and Johnson suffered respective losses to Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych on Tuesday.
World No. 5 Andy Murray clinched Great Britain’s second consecutive Davis Cup World Group Quarterfinal appearance on Sunday, beating world No. 20 John Isner, 7-6(4), 6-3, 7-6(4), at Emirates Arena in Glasgow.
And so it was thus, that as the rain clouds gathered once more (imagine four seasons in one day, with attitude), Andy Murray sealed the deal for the British team as they won the right to face the French in the quarter-finals a mere week after the last strawberries and Pimms have been chased down in Wimbledon.
7,700 degrees of warmth. That’s what we felt in the Emirates Arena as the teams walked out and as Andy Murray was introduced to the capacity crowd. This Global Chick does not mind admitting, as the roar went up, all Braveheart and everything, it fair brought a tear to her eye.
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