Caroline Wozniacki complains of verbal abuse by Miami Open crowd
March 27, 2018 13:28 ISTCaroline Wozniacki said she hopes the Miami Open takes her complaints about the crowd behaviour seriously.
Caroline Wozniacki said she hopes the Miami Open takes her complaints about the crowd behaviour seriously.
Rohan Bopanna and Edouard Roger-Vasselin slumped to a 6-7 (5-7), 2-6 defeat at the hands of the American pair of Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey in a round-of-16 clash.
The Swiss tennis star's decision to not go for the 21st Grand Slam title comes after he slumped to a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) defeat to Australian qualifier Thanasi Kokkinakis in the second round of the ongoing Miami Masters.
Venus Williams squandered an early lead, fell behind late and then overcame three match points to rally past Kiki Bertens in the third round, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5.
Kokkinakis became the lowest-ranked man to beat a No. 1 player since No. 178 Francisco Clavet upset Lleyton Hewitt in 2003.
The Serbian lasted barely an hour at a tournament he has won six times, losing his opening match Friday in the Miami Open to Benoit Paire, 6-3, 6-4.
Yuki will now meet world No 11 and eighth-seeded American Jack Sock in the second round of the tournament, having come through the qualifying round.
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.
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