3-time champ Venus Williams wins opening match at Miami Open
March 22, 2019 9:42 ISTWilliams, making her 20th appearance in the tournament, won the title in 1998, 1999 and 2001 when the event was played on Key Biscayne.
Williams, making her 20th appearance in the tournament, won the title in 1998, 1999 and 2001 when the event was played on Key Biscayne.
Dominic Thiem defeated Roger Federer 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the final while Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu upset Angelique Kerber 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to win the women's title at Indian Wells.
A somber Nadal announced his withdrawal a couple hours before he was scheduled to take the court at Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
Federer is on a five-matching winning streak against Nadal, who lost to him all four times they played in 2017.
Roger Federer defeated Kyle Edmund 6-1, 6-4 while Rafael Nadal got the better of Filip Krajinovic 6-3, 6-4.
Novak Djokovic lost 6-4, 6-4 to Philipp Kohlschreiber in the third-round while Naomi Osaka lost to Belinda Bencic 6-3, 6-1 in the fourth round.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran fought hard before losing 3-6, 6-7(4) to Ivo Karlovic in Indian Wells on Tuesday.
Williams raced to a 3-0 lead over two-time major champion Garbine Muguruza in their third-round match before dropping six straight games and the first set, 6-3.
Playing his maiden singles main draw at this level, Prajnesh Gunneswaran secured a hard-fought 6-4 6(6)-7 7-6(4) victory over Nikoloz Basilashvili in two hours 32 minutes.
The fourth-seeded Stephens committed 32 unforced errors while Voegele had four aces playing in windy conditions in the Southern California desert.
Playing his maiden singles main draw at this level, the Prajnesh Gunneswaran beat the Benoit Paire 7-6 (5) 6-4 in one hour and 29 minutes.
The 23-year-old Kyrgios, ranked 72nd in the world, beat second-ranked Rafael Nadal in the second round, then knocked off Stan Wawrinka and John Isner to reach the final.
Roger Federer defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Dubai Championships on Saturday.
Federer's final hurdle in the tournament is Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece who had shown him the door during the 2019 Australian Open.
Federer is looking to become the second man in the professional era to reach 100 tour-level tournament tiles, joining Jimmy Connors, who won 109.
The move comes two and a half weeks after Osaka surprisingly split from coach Sascha Bajin, who previously worked with Serena Williams.
Kyrgios set up a quarterfinal match against Stan Wawrinka, a 7-6 (5), 6-4 winner over seventh-seeded Steve Johnson in the hardcourt event at The Princess Mundo Imperial.
The top seed Nadal was competing in his first match since finishing as a runner-up in the Australian Open last month.
Nadal acknowledged that modern tennis has increased in speed, something that as a spectator he doesn't like much, adding, however, that his opinion on the matter was of little importance.
The 82nd-ranked Radu Albot won in his first career final when Daniel Evans double-faulted on the final point.
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