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29Mar

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Carlos Alcaraz Blasts Tommy Paul To Set Up Fritz Clash, Daniil Medvedev Cruises In Miami | Tennis News

World number one Carlos Alcaraz charged into the quarter-finals of the ATP Miami Open with a convincing 6-4, 6-4 victory over Tommy Paul on Tuesday but second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas was knocked out by Russian Karen Khachanov. Alcaraz, the defending Miami champion and also the winner at Indian Wells earlier this month, will face another American in the last eight when he comes up against Taylor Fritz. Paul came into the match having won his last 12 encounters with Spanish players, including wins over Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal last year, but he was unable to get a foothold in the contest.It was the ninth straight victory for the 19-year-old Spaniard, who delighted a supportive South Florida crowd with his powerful strokes from the baseline and readiness to move forward, once again making ...

26Mar

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Miami Open: Hubert Hurkacz Beats Thanasi Kokkinakis In Eepic, Daniil Medvedev Cruises Through | Tennis News

Hubert Hurkacz saved five match points as he fought back to beat Thanasi Kokkinakis in a three and a half hour epic while fourth-seed Daniil Medvedev got his Miami Open bid under way with an easy win on Saturday. Hurkacz was pushed all the way by the Australian lucky loser Kokkinakis before emerging with a 6-7 (10/12), 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (8/6) victory.The Aussie had shown his mettle by saving six set points as he won the first-set tie-break and Hurkacz, the 2021 Miami champion, saved three match points in the second-set tie-break and another two in the final-set breaker."It's tough to explain for me. I was just trying to stay in there and compete, play some good shots," said Hurkacz, the eighth seed at Hard Rock Stadium. Kokkinakis was on serve at 6-4 up in the final set tie-break but Hurka...

25Mar

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Defending Champion Carlos Alcaraz Cruises Into Miami Open Third Round | Tennis News

World number one Carlos Alcaraz made an emphatic start to his Miami Open title defence, defeating Argentina's Facundo Bagnis 6-0, 6-2 on Friday. The 19-year-old Spaniard, the youngest ever player to top the rankings, is looking to complete the "Sunshine Double" after beating Daniil Medvedev in last week's Indian Wells final. Alcaraz made a blistering start winning the first 11 points of the match, with the 33-year-old Bagnis having no answer at all to the teenager's powerful serve.There was a loud cheer from the crowd at Hard Rock Stadium when Bagnis, who has never beaten a top 20 ranked player, held serve in the second set and then broke Alcaraz to make it 2-2.But that was a brief moment of respite for Bagnis rather than any shift in momentum and Alcaraz had no further problems as he b...

22Mar

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Novak Djokovic To Miss Miami Open Over Lack Of Covid Vaccination | Tennis News

File image of Novak Djokovic© AFPNovak Djokovic will not play at the Miami Open after failing to receive a waiver to enter the United States despite not being vaccinated for Covid-19. Tournament director James Blake told The Tennis Channel on Saturday that the world number one, a six-time Miami champion, was denied entry despite the best effort of tournament officials. "We did all we could. We tried to talk to the government but it's out of our hands," Blake said ahead of the start of the tournament next week."We tried and he wasn't able to play, same result as he had in Indian Wells."Djokovic was not allowed a spot in the ongoing Masters 1000 event in the California desert."We'd love to have him and he's our greatest champion, six times here, so we'd obviously love to have him here but...

22Mar

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‘I Have Never Felt That Much Hate’, Says Belarus’s Aryna Sabalenka | Tennis News

Belarus' world number two Aryna Sabalenka says she has faced "hate" in the women's tour locker-room but hopes tensions with Ukrainian players will eventually ease. Australian Open champion Sabalenka lost to Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina in Sunday's Indian Wells final and at the media day for this week's ATP-WTA Miami Open was asked about her recent comments on "tensions" in the locker-room between Ukrainian and Russian and Belarus players."It was really, really tough for me because I've never faced that much hate in the locker room," said Sabalenka."Of course, there are a lot of haters on Instagram when you're losing the matches, but like in the locker room, I've never faced that," she added."It was really tough for me to understand that there's so many people who really hate me for no re...

21Mar

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Martina Navratilova Says She’s ‘Cancer-free’, Feared She ‘May Not See Next Christmas’ | Tennis News

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova, who was diagnosed with breast and throat cancer, has declared that she is cancer-free in an interview with Piers Morgan on TalkTV. The 66-year-old Czechoslovakia-born naturalised American had in January told Tennis.com about the cancer diagnosis but added they were both treatable. It was not the first time the 18-time Grand Slam singles champion had been diagnosed with cancer -- in 2010 she had breast cancer but was assessed as being clear six months later. "The double whammy is serious, but fixable, and I'm hoping for a favourable outcome," she said. "It's going to stink for a while, but I'll fight with all I have got."Now, in an interview to be broadcast on Tuesday, she was quoted by The Guardian and Sky Sports as saying: "As far as they know I'm can...

20Mar

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Alcaraz Routs Medvedev For Indian Wells Title, Return To No. 1 | Tennis News

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz swept past Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday to win the Indian Wells ATP Masters 1000 and secure his return to number one in the world. US Open champion Alcaraz ended Medvedev's 19-match winning streak, denying him a fourth title in as many tournaments to ensure he will supplant Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic atop the rankings. "It feels amazing to lift the trophy here, to recover the No. 1," Alcaraz said. "I would say this has been the perfect tournament."Serbia's Djokovic, barred from entering the United States because he hasn't been vaccinated against Covid-19, sat out Indian Wells and will miss the Miami Open starting this week, where Alcaraz is the defending champion.Alcaraz, 19, who became the youngest world number one ever after his triumph at Flu...

19Mar

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43-Year-Old Rohan Bopanna Becomes Oldest Indian Wells Champion | Tennis News

Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden defeated top-seeded Wesley Koolhof and Neil Skupski.© TwitterIndia's Rohan Bopanna became the oldest ATP Masters 1000 champion when he and his Australian partner Matt Ebden claimed the men's doubles crown at the BNP Paribas Open. The 43-year-old Bopanna and Ebden, 35, defeated top-seeded Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands and Neil Skupski of Britain 6-3, 2-6, 10-8 in the final on Saturday. "Truly special. It's called Tennis Paradise for a reason," said Bopanna, who was playing in his 10th ATP Masters 1000 final."I've been, over the years, coming here and seeing all these guys win for so many years. I'm really happy that Matt and I were able to do this and get this title here."It's been some tough matches, close matches. Today we played against one of the b...

18Mar

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Aryna Sabalenka ‘Feels Bad’ For Ukrainian Players Amid War Tensions | Tennis News

Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues to stir tension in the tennis world, and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka said Friday that it's not only Ukrainian players who are feeling the strain. "Of course it's a lot of tension between us," Australian Open champion Sabalenka said after beating Maria Sakkari to reach the final of the combined WTA and ATP Masters 1000 in the California desert. But, she added, "I still have this belief that I did nothing bad to Ukrainians -- not me, not Russian athletes."The WTA and ATP tours have barred players from Russia and its ally Belarus from competing under their national flags, but insist that individual athletes have a right to compete.Wimbledon, which banned players from Russia and Belarus last year, is reportedly poised to allow them to return.Sabalenka, ...

18Mar

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Elena Rybakina Topples Iga Swiatek To Book Indian Wells Final With Aryna Sabalenka | Tennis News

Elena Rybakina, ranked 10th in the world, was all over Iga Swiatek from the opening game.© AFPElena Rybakina again proved too much for world number one Iga Swiatek, denying the defending champion a return to the Indian Wells final with an emphatic 6-2, 6-2 semi-final victory on Friday. Moscow-born Kazakh Rybakina, the reigning Wimbledon champion who stunned top-seeded Swiatek in the fourth round of the Australian Open on the way to the final, will now get a chance to turn the tables on Aryna Sabalenka, who beat her in Melbourne to capture a first Grand Slam title. World number two Sabalenka advanced with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over seventh-seeded Maria Sakkari of Greece.Rybakina, ranked 10th in the world, was all over Swiatek from the opening game, painting the lines with her punishing grou...