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A few hours before Roger Federer swept past Kevin Anderson in straight sets in Indian Wells, his coach Stefan Edberg set up a final showdown against countryman Thomas Enqvist at the Kings of Tennis tournament in Stockholm.
This should have been over in straight sets. Flavia Pennetta -- who to that point had been broken only twice -- talked to her coach and served for the match at 5-4 in the second set, and was broken. Two games later, Pennetta was broken again, and a match that appeared to be settled went to a third set. Sloane Stephens stayed strong at the beginning of the third set, going up 3-0.
In this kind of form, Roger Federer may not even need a coach. He certainly would not want one on the court in between games. Federer improved to 18-2 this season with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Kevin Anderson in the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday night. The world No. 8 will go up against Alexandr Dolgopolov in Saturday's semis.
With one title and a 15-4 record to his credit this season, Ernests Gulbis is playing arguably the best tennis of his life. You could almost say this is a new Gulbis.
Twelve matches down. Ten to go? That's right; seven days into the BNP Paribas Open, Roger Federer and John Isner boast an incredible combined record of 12-0. They are both 6-0; 3-0 in singles and 3-0 in doubles.
When you have an even record with "God" on the other side of the net, you know you're doing something right. That's whom Leander Paes was going up against on Thursday night at the BNP Paribas Open--at least according to Rick Leach, a former No. 1 doubles player in the world who now works with Paes on a part-time basis.
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Stanislas Wawrinka has been quoted as saying that Roger Federer is still Switzerland's real #1, and for this week at least, he is. He is also moving -- this takes Federer past Tomas Berdych, putting him back at #6.
Roger Federer is clearly reveling in the luxury of having his boyhood hero Stefan Edberg as an occasional coach. So much so that the pair have announced the cooperation will last until at least the end of 2014.
Andy Murray insists he is struggling to reclaim his Wimbledon winning touch after returning to the ATP World Tour from back surgery but insists the absence of coach Ivan Lendl from all but one of his tournaments this year has nothing to do with his travails.
Stanislas Wawrinka says the effort of returning after his Australian Open win left him lacking energy during a three-set defeat to Kevin Anderson in the fourth round of Indian Wells.
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I had the amazing opportunity of spending four days at the 2014 BNP Paribas Open. As it turns out, that was eight too few. Next year, I simply have to be there for the entire tournament. There can be no other way.
There are so many reasons why the BNP Paribas Open is considered by many--including me--to be the best tournament in the business. The quality of players in the field, the men's doubles draw, and the never-failing weather just to name a few.
It’s been exciting start of Week 2 at the BNP Paribas Open as play has heated and the matches been competitive and close. After day of physio and rehab for my hip on Monday, I met up with my mom and Terri Bowers to enjoy the night session featuring Rafa and Dogopolov, which kept us on the edge of our seats till the very end.
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