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With the anticipation of Rafael Nadal's run at a record ninth title, next month's Barcelona Open will make sure that the world is watching when the king of clay steps back onto his surface at the hometown event.
With both men's semifinals not played because of walkovers, Miami may see its revenue for next year significantly affected by exchanged tickets.
If the purpose of the lesser events is to set the tone for Slams, Rafael Nadal is hearing sirens. This was about as one-sided as a Nadal/Djokovic match can be. It took only an hour and 23 minutes (a very short contest by their standards), and Djokovic won 60% of the points. He broke three times; he saved the only break point he faced.
This is almost unheard of ! How is it possible that both Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal got what we call in tennis a "WALKOVER" ....ok , we get it a groin injury and a stomach bug. But really. There's no plan B ? You couldn't dig thru your mighty Rolodexes and make magic happen ?
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!
For most of the first set of this, Rafael Nadal was holding fairly easily and Milos Raonic was struggling. Then, out of the blue, Raonic had a break point in game ten, and Nadal double-faulted, and that was the set.
When Maria Sharapova went up 3-1 in the first set, we couldn't help but think, "Waitaminit, wasn't she just getting her serve plastered?" Yes, she was, but somehow she had saved all the break points (four in just two service games), and Serena had blown one.
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One match doesn't really tell us what a player's form is like -- but this really seemed typical of how Andy Murray in 2014. Although the real issue here may have been how wound up he got about a particular point.
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have faced so little opposition so far at Miami, their biggest competition has been against each other for greatest serving dominance.
Next month's Barcelona ATP 500 event is stepping up its presence on social and mobile media even more as the countdown to the home return of Rafael Nadal increases in intensity.
Rafael Nadal will interrupt his brief period of off-season training next month to participate in his first live poker tournament
Rafael Nadal tops the ATP lists in more ways that one, with the notoriously tetchy top player in the world also the worst offender when it comes to warnings for slow play.
Everyone's watching. He is playing the kind of tennis we all love. He is so on. It's so awesome. In "Cincy " The players box ( players guest box ) sits just above the corner of the stadium that they are actually looking right down at him from over his shoulder.
Roger Federer loves to compete. He loves the roar of the crowd. He loves that he and Rafa share a respectful rivalry.
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