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Davis Cup: Gilles Simon to miss France's tie against Great Britain

  • Posted: Apr 05, 2017
Davis Cup – France v Great Britain
Dates: 7-9 April Venue: Rouen, France
Coverage: Live on BBC One or BBC Two across all three days of competition, with extra coverage on BBC Red Button and online, connected TVs, the BBC Sport website and app (full coverage details)

Gilles Simon will be replaced by Jeremy Chardy in the French team for this weekend’s Davis Cup quarter-final against Great Britain.

World number 68 Chardy joins Lucas Pouille, Nicolas Mahut and Julien Benneteau in Yannick Noah’s team.

In the absence of the injured Andy Murray, the GB team is made up of British number two Dan Evans, Kyle Edmund, and doubles specialists Jamie Murray and Dom Inglot.

The match is on indoor clay in Rouen.

France are also without the injured Gael Monfils, world number 10 Jo Wilfried-Tsonga, who is short of match fitness, and Richard Gasquet, who is recovering from appendix surgery.

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Nadal & Federer: 89 Hours And Counting…

  • Posted: Apr 05, 2017

Nadal & Federer: 89 Hours And Counting…

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Just how much time have the two all-time greats spent together on court?

The very best parts of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal’s FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry will remain unquantifiable forever. How their games have evolved throughout their careers. The passion they share for tennis. The feelings of excitement they’ve provided millions of fans during the past two decades.

But certain aspects of their rivalry, one of the best in all of sport, can be counted. And when you’ve played each other 37 times over 14 years and your match-ups have decided 23 tour-level titles, the numbers add up quickly.

To begin: They’ve spent a lot of time together. Nadal and Federer have been on court together for the equivalent of almost four full days – three days, 17 hours and 16 minutes, to be precise. If you’re thinking about that in terms of a workweek, that’s one busy week – 89 hours.

They’ve played more than 7,000 points, more than 1,100 games and more than 100 sets. They’ve had their share of faults – 126 double faults to be more accurate – but they’ve also aced each other dozens of times, and that’s not hyperbole.

To relive all 37 matches they’ve played, click here. For more stats, keep reading.

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By The Numbers: Federer v. Nadal

Category Stat
Total Points Played    7,161
Time On Court (Minutes)  5,356
Total Games Played  1,117
Total Sets Played  115

Category Federer Nadal
Break Points Faced 319 297
Break Points Converted  110 133
First-Serve Points Won  1,575 1,747 
First-Serve Return Points Won 871 671
First-Serve Points Played 2,246 2,618
Second-Serve Points Won 658 532
Second-Serve Return Points Won 431 676
Second-Serve Points Played 963 1,334
Total Service Points Won  2,233 2,279
Aces 302 79
Double Faults 65 61

 

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Monterrey Open: Heather Watson begins title defence with win over Nina Stojanovic

  • Posted: Apr 05, 2017

Defending champion Heather Watson beat Serbia’s Nina Stojanovic in three sets to reach the second round of the Monterrey Open in Mexico.

Watson, 24, fought for two hours and 52 minutes to register a 6-2 6-7 (7-9) 6-4 victory over the world number 126.

The British number three smashed her racquet in frustration after squandering two match points in the second set tie-break.

She will face Russian sixth seed Ekaterina Makarova in the second round.

Watson, currently ranked 125th in the world, led the second set 5-2 before Stojanovic hit back to force a deciding set.

She joins compatriot Naomi Broady in the second round, who beat Catherine Bellis on Monday.

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