Serena Williams fined for missing press conference after first-round exit from Miami Open
March 23, 2018 19:26 ISTSerena Williams crashed out of the tournament after suffering a 6-3, 6-2 from newly-minted BNP Paribas Open champion Naomi Osaka.
Serena Williams crashed out of the tournament after suffering a 6-3, 6-2 from newly-minted BNP Paribas Open champion Naomi Osaka.
Halep played in her third career Grand Slam final at the Australian Open in January, but has yet to secure a Grand Slam trophy.
Williams has been eliminated in the first round only four other times, most recently at the 2012 French Open.
The career-threatening elbow injury sidelined the former world number one for six months after he was forced to retire in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon last year.
Roland Garros director Guy Forget says that the total prize money will reach 39.197 million euros (USD 48 million), an increase of about 3 million euros from last year.
In his second and final ATP Miami Masters qualifying match, the 25-year-old eased past Ymer 7-5, 6-2 in a one-sided clash that lasted almost one and a half hour.
The 64-year-old, who is now a commentator, said he was not in favour of tinkering with the Davis Cup format and suggested that the ITF should make competition in the elite World Group a biennial affair with all top players part of it.
Yuki, who qualified for the Indian Wells Masters and went on to scalp world number 12 Lucas Puille, dispatched Argentina's Olivo 6-4 6-1 in the opening round of the USD 7,972,535 hard court event.
Federer's management team was instrumental in launching the Laver Cup, which pits Team Europe against Team World.
Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro jumped to sixth place after he stunned Federer 6-4, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (2) to win his first Indian Wells title on Sunday.
The crowd of 18,347 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Sunday seemed to sense Osaka's nervousness, something she worked hard to hide during a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Daria Kasatkina of Russia in the BNP Paribas Open final.
The win ranks right up there with Del Potro's 2009 U.S. Open title triumph, in which he beat Federer, and helping Argentina win the Davis Cup in 2016.
Federer is 18-6 in his career against del Potro, with two of the losses coming at the U.S. Open, in the 2009 final and last year's quarterfinals.
Sharapova's withdrawal comes after her disappointing campaign at the Indian Wells Masters this week, where she slumped to a straight-sets defeat.
Williams, who was on a brilliant run after knocking out some big names, was taken for a drive from the 20-year old as her skills exhausted the 37-year old American.
In the women's semis on Friday night, Venus Williams was to meet Daria Kasatkina of Russia and top-ranked Simona Halep of Romania faced Naomi Osaka of Japan.
Haas, also a tournament director at the Indian Wells event, has 15 career titles in his 28 final appearances, including one silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Federer saved a handful of break points in the first game of the second set and then broke Chung twice, including on a double fault to take a 5-1 lead.
Williams has never reached the final of the desert tournament and to do she'll have to get by 20-year-old Russian Daria Kasatkina who is yet to drop a set.
Halep took time out to head to the stands and watch the Williams sisters face off for the 29th time in their career in the ongoing Indian Wells WTA tournament.
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