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All the big names on the men’s tour will be making an appearance in Madrid, as from the 2nd of May to play for the Madrid Masters 1000 title.
Hot on the heels of a memorable week at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters which saw Stanislas Wawrinka take home the title, TennisTV is in Barcelona this week for the Open Banc Sabadell.
David Ferrer beat Rafael Nadal for the sixth time in 27 tries and ended a 17-match losing streak on clay to the world No. 1 with a 7-6(1), 6-4 upset in the quarterfinals of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Friday afternoon.
Like Novak Djokovic one day earlier, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer shut the door on second-round opponents at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Wednesday.
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 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...
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.
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.
Lleyton Hewitt recorded his 600th ATP win in the first round of Miami, highlighting his presence as one of the tour's most accomplished veterans.
Alexandr Dolgopolov's run at the BNP Paribas Open, which included a 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5) third-round upset of Rafael Nadal, came to an end on Saturday with a 6-3, 6-1 semifinal loss to Roger Federer.
The statistics for these two were almost eerily similar. Going into Novak Djokovic's fifth service game of the third set, each had five aces, and each had put in 65% of first serves. Djokovic had won only one more point. And Djokovic had had only one more break...
Rafael Nadal's occasional coach believes that even his celebrated client can sometimes be blocked by insecurities, especially when playing away from his beloved clay, Francisco Roig, who substitutes on the road several times a year in order to give Nadal's permanent coach uncle Toni a bit of a rest at home, said the world No. 1 can fall victim to poor form and psychological issues on occasion.
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Alexandr Dolgopolov’s homeland is currently beset with problems but the Ukrainian is reveling in the freedom he is experiencing in California’s Coachella Valley as he has reached the semi-final of a Masters 1000 series tournament for the first time at Indian Wells’ BNP Paribas Open.
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