Mutua Madrid Open Apr 30-May 7

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Madrid, Spain

 

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Federer, Nadal on Madrid Collision Course

Roger Federer could meet Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals of the Mutua Madrid Open as the Swiss star continues his return to the ATP World Tour. Nadal also will have a bigger task on his mind in Madrid: Fighting off World No. 1 Novak Djokovic to become the outright ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title leader with 29 championships.

Main-draw pairings were announced on Saturday in Madrid, and the storylines abound: How will Federer do in his second tournament back? Can Nadal continue his title run on clay? How will Djokovic bounce back from Monte-Carlo? And how will Andy Murray, the Madrid defending champion, fare?

Read more http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/nadal-madrid-2016-draw-preview

 

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Johanna Konta pulls out of the Mutua Madrid Open with illness

Britain’s top seeded WTA player, Johanna Konta, has withdrawn from the Mutua Madrid Open as a result of a respiratory illness.

The Australian-born competitor was trailing 6-4, 2-1 to Caroline Garcia of France at the time, but would inform the umpire that she would be unable to continue.

- See more at: http://www.allsportsnews.co.uk/news...madrid-open-with-illness#sthash.FNaBzJoB.dpuf

 

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Federer Withdraws From Madrid

Roger Federer has withdrawn from the Mutua Madrid Open because of a back injury, the World No. 3 announced on Monday. The Swiss was scheduled to play on Wednesday in just his second tournament back since undergoing knee surgery in February.

“Sorry to the tournament for coming and leaving without playing,” Federer said. “I arrived and I was okay, and then I practised on Saturday and hurt my back a little bit in practice and then stopped early.”

Read more http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/federer-withdraws-madrid-2016-monday

 

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Murray manouevres past Stepanek into the third round of the Mutua Madrid Open

Twelve months ago, he played the clay court match of his life to beat Rafael Nadal in the final here and win his first Masters title on the slow red dirt. Back in town to see if he can do it again, he huffed and puffed for more than two hours tonight to beat Radek Stepanek 7-6, 3-6, 6-1.

Read more http://www.express.co.uk/sport/tenn...y-Beats-Radek-Stepanek-Mutua-Madrid-Open-News

 

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Cuevas Outlasts Monfils, Fights Into Third Round

Pablo Cuevas produced tough clay-court tennis on Wednesday to outlast Gael Monfils and achieve his best result at the Mutua Madrid Open. The World No. 27 beat the confident Monfils 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6(4) in two hours and 29 minutes to move into the third round. Cuevas, whose previous best result in Madrid was a second-round showing, will face Australian Nick Kyrgios, who beat Stan Wawrinka earlier Wednesday.

Read more http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/monfils-del-potro-tsonga-madrid-2016-wednesday

 

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Madrid Open: Nick Kyrgios cruising on clay

NICK Kyrgios has continued his sparkling form ahead of this month’s French Open with a hard-fought three-set win over Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas in the Madrid Open.

The Australian slammed down 14 aces in a high quality encounter against the clay court specialist who is ranked 27th in the world to prevail 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 6-3.

Read more http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...r/news-story/da959407b72ff3ca7ee07b78d2abaa4b

 

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Nick Kyrgios ousted in Madrid Open quarter-finals by Kei Nishikori as Sam Stosur also beaten

NICK Kyrgios’ Madrid Open campaign is over after he fell to a three-set 6-7 (8-6) 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 loss to world No.6 Kei Nishikori in a high-quality quarter-final clash.

In the women’s draw, world No.7 Simona Halep reached her first final of the season in comprehensive fashion with a 6-2 6-0 thrashing of Stosur.

Read more http://www.foxsports.com.au/tennis/...n/news-story/bcc01bdb557d8059bf04332c6e0577ae

 

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Murray picks off Nadal to reach Madrid final

The King of Clay's comeback is on hold, for now.

Andy Murray continues to thrive on the red stuff, and put away Rafael Nadal 7-5, 6-4 to reach the Madrid Open final where he will play eitherNovak Djokovic or Kei Nishikori.

Read more http://espn.go.com/tennis/story/_/id/15480890/andy-murray-picks-rafael-nadal-reach-madrid-open-final

 

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Halep wins Madrid Open - 'It's the best day in my life'

Simona Halep marked herself out as a contender for the French Open by beating Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 6-4 to win the Madrid title

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