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FEDERER FLIES HIGH IN INDIAN WELLS

3/21/2017

This Week In Tennis
Season 2, Vol 10

#ThisWeekInTennis recaps the tennis happenings of the last week via news reports, press snippets, social media, featured articles, rankings, and podcasts.

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Roger Federer's 2017 continues to get better. After winning the Australian Open in January, Federer won the year's second biggest event to date in Indian Wells. He jumps four places to #6 in the new ATP rankings and is comfortably atop the Race to London standings.
Elena Vesnina won the biggest title of her career, defeating compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova in the Indian Wells final. She beat Shelby Rogers and Timea Babos in her first two matches, new world #1 Angelique Kerber in the Round of 16, Venus Williams in the quarterfinals, and Kristina Mladenovic in the semifinals.
Stan Wawrinka reached his fourth Masters 1000 final, but was unable to improve on his career head-to-head record against Roger Federer, now 3-20.
Svetlana Kuznetsova led by a set and a break versus Vesnina in the final before eventually losing 4-6 in the third set.
Jack Sock's breakout season continued with a run to the semifinals in Indian Wells. Champion in Auckland and Delray Beach, Sock solidified his place as top-ranked American male player, and is now ranked #17.
Rafael Nadal suffered a lop-sided loss to Federer in the fourth round, and has now lost three consecutive matches to Federer for the first time. Nadal still leads their head-to-head 23-13.
Venus Williams recovered from a set and a break deficit to Jelena Jankovic in her first match to make the quarterfinals in Indian Wells. She was unable to repeat the effort against eventual champion Elena Vesnina.
For the second successive tournament, Nick Kyrgios defeated Novak Djokovic in straight sets.
The new doubles pairing of Chan Yung-Jan and Martina Hingis captured the Indian Wells doubles title in just their third event together.
Denis Shapovalov cracks the ATP top 200 for the first time after winning his first career Challenger event in Drummondville.
Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray both cited elbow injuries while withdrawing from the Miami Masters.
The ATP University graduated its newest class of Next Generation players in Miami last week.

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INDIAN WELLS: WEEK ONE RECAP IN THE DESERT

3/14/2017

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This Week In Tennis
Season 2, Vol 9

#ThisWeekInTennis recaps the tennis happenings of the last week via news reports, press snippets, social media, featured articles, rankings, and podcasts.

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RUNDOWN

Andy Murray's struggles at the Indian Wells Masters continued when he lost his opening match to Vasek Pospisil in straight sets. The top seed failed to take advantage of a favourable draw.
Shortly before the tournament began, Serena Williams announced her withdrawal from Indian Wells as well as Miami. With Williams out, Angelique Kerber is guaranteed to regain the world #1 ranking after Indian Wells.
Venus Williams recovered from a 1-6 1-4 deficit to Jelena Jankovic in her opening match before coming back to win 1-6 7-6 6-1. The win was Williams' first at Indian Wells since 2001 (15 year absence).
Victoria Azarenka announced plans for her return to tennis after giving birth to her first child in December. The former world number one will be coached by Michael Joyce and plans a late summer return to the WTA.
Plans to update the Davis Cup format: ITF votes to reduce matches to best-of-three sets.
Madison Keys made her return to the WTA Tour, beating Mariana Duque Mariño in her first match before a convincing 6-1 6-4 win over Naomi Osaka in the third round.
Sloane Stephens, off tour after having foot surgery, resurfaced in Indian Wells as a TV personality. Watch some of her "Off Court" series for Tennis Channel HERE.
Tomas Berdych lost a 6-1 5-2 double break lead to Nishioka in the third round before losing a second set tiebreak and eventually 6-4 in the third set.
ATP early exits: Murray (2R Pospisil), Berdych (3R Nishioka), Tsonga (2R Fognini), Karlovic (2R Nishioka), Cilic (2R Fritz).
WTA early exits: Stosur (2R Goerges), Halep (3R Mladenovic), Konta (3R Garcia), Lucic-Baroni (2R Day).

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BIG FOUR RETURN TO MIXED RESULTS

3/7/2017

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This Week In Tennis
Season 2, Vol 8

#ThisWeekInTennis recaps the tennis happenings of the last week via news reports, player tweets, featured articles, rankings, and podcasts.

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Andy Murray won for the first time in Dubai, in his first event since the Australian Open. Murray saved seven match points in a quarterfinal against Philipp Kohlschreiber before beating Fernando Verdasco in the final. The world #1 also told reporters he battled shingles during his absence from the tour.
Sam Querrey scored the biggest title of his career, overcoming Rafael Nadal in the Acapulco final. Querrey beat four top 20 players en route to wearing the Champion's sombrero at tournament's end: Goffin, Thiem, Kyrgios, and the aforementioned Nadal.
Lesia Tsurenko won the third WTA title of her career, beating Kristina Mladenovic in the Acapulco final. The Ukrainian jumps nine spots to #41 in the new WTA rankings.
Ashleigh Barty had the biggest week of her career, winning her first WTA title as well as the doubles cown in Kuala Lumpur. The 20-year-old Australian left tennis after the 2014 U.S. Open, eventually trying her hand at professional cricket, before making her return last year.
Pablo Cuevas won his third consecutive title at the Brazil Open, beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas in a rain-delayed final. Cuevas created a stir on social media when he utilized an underhand serve on a winning match point.
Rafael Nadal made his third trip to the Acapulco final in three tries. Unlike his two prior appearances, Nadal came up one match short of the title, losing to Sam Querrey.
Fernando Verdasco's resurgent 2017 campaign (SF, Doha) continued last week in Dubai, reaching the final before losing to Andy Murray. The Spaniard's new ranking of #29 is his highest since July 7. 2014.
Kristina Mladenovic appeared in tennis headlines for two reasons last week: reaching the finals in Acapulco, and announcing her successful doubles partnership with Caroline Garcia has ended.
Roger Federer suffered a shock loss to Evgeny Donskoy in Dubai. In his first appearance since winning an 18th Grand Slam title in Australia, Federer beat Benoit Paire in his opening match before losing three match points in the second set and a 5-1 lead in the deciding tiebreak to the world #116.
Novak Djokovic appeared to regain form in beating Juan Martin del Potro in a three-set Acapulco second round match. However, the world #2 would go on to lose in straight sets his next time out to Nick Kyrgios. The Australian has now beaten each of Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic in his first meeting with all three.

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FEDERER FLIES HIGH IN INDIAN WELLS

This Week In Tennis ​Season 2, Vol 10

INDIAN WELLS: WEEK ONE RECAP IN THE DESERT

This Week In Tennis Season 2, Vol 9

BIG FOUR RETURN TO MIXED RESULTS

This Week In Tennis ​Season 2, Vol 8

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