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MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Venus Williams exacted revenge on reigning Miami Open champion Johanna Konta on Monday with a superlative display to book her place in the quarter-finals. Williams, 37, was made to work hard for her passage into the fourth round, fighting off three match points before eventually seeing off Kiki Bertens in a three-hour battle on Sunday. But in Monday’s repeat of last year’s semi-final, which was won by the British number […]
By: Adrian Manguit, Eagle News Service US, Florida Bureau (Miami, FL) – Many say rivalries are what make sports entertaining. In boxing, there was Ali vs Frazier. For football, Manning vs Brady was “must-see TV”. And for basketball, no one will forget the classic games of Magic vs Bird. It is no different in tennis, as Federer vs Nadal, again, took place in Key Biscayne, FL at the Miami Open. Federer defeated Nadal in straight-sets, […]
MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) — Fabio Fognini of Italy beat second seed Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-4 6-2 to reach the semi-finals of the Miami Open on Wednesday (March 29). The unseeded Italian, ranked 40th in the world, broke the world number four’s serve in the fourth game to lead 3-1. Despite Nishikori breaking back when Fognini served for the set at 5-3, Fognini broke again to take the set 6-4 in 34 minutes. Fognini produced […]
