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Alfie Hewett: 'Best tennis' helps Briton win Super Series title

  • Posted: Mar 26, 2018

Great Britain’s Alfie Hewett says he fought off tiredness to play some of his “best tennis” and win a first Super Series wheelchair title.

The 20-year-old world number one beat Japan’s Shingo Kunieda 6-3 7-6 (8-6) in the Cajun Classic final on Sunday.

Hewett, who won his first Grand Slam singles title at the French Open last year, did not drop a set in the event.

“Not dropping a set is a very big thing for me, so I can go home very, very happy,” he said.

The Cajun Classic tournament, which is held in Baton Rouge in the United States, has been upgraded to Super Series status this year, becoming one of the six most prestigious wheelchair tennis events outside the four Grand Slams.

Hewett strengthened his position as world number one with victory over two-time Paralympic champion and reigning Australian Open champion Kunieda.

“He’s beaten me the last couple of times so I was really up for today, even though I felt tired,” said Hewett. “I really wanted to get on court and prove a point.

“He’s had a really good start to the year and played some his best tennis for a long, long while.

“I knew it was going to be tough and I came out and played some of my best tennis.”

British number one Lucy Shuker partnered Diede de Groot of the Netherlands to win the women’s doubles title.

Shuker and De Groot, seeded second, fought back from 5-2 down in the deciding set to win 2-6 6-3 7-5 against Dutch top seeds Marjolein Buis and Aniek van Koot.

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ATP Stars Support Stoneman Douglas HS Players

  • Posted: Mar 26, 2018

ATP Stars Support Stoneman Douglas HS Players

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Kyrgios invites students to his Sunday practice

The Miami Open presented by Itau and ATP World Tour stars welcomed members of the boys’ and girls’ tennis teams from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for Saturday’s evening session, which was called ‘Marjory Stoneman Douglas Night’ to honour the survivors of a shooting on 14 February in which 17 students and teachers from the school lost their lives. 

Kevin Anderson, Tournament Director James Blake, Bob Bryan, Mike Bryan, Michael Chang, Hyeon Chung, Steve Johnson, Karen Khachanov, Nick Kyrgios, Michael Mmoh, Sam Querrey, Diego Schwartzman, Denis Shapovalov and Alexander Zverev joined members of the WTA Tour with the students on court before play began in a sign of support, and spent time off the court getting to know the teenagers as well. John Isner also met with the teams. All the players wore #MSDSTRONG shirts, which were sold to raise funds for the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Victims’ Fund, and student Angelique Meneses sang the National Anthem.

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After the 22-year-old Kyrgios defeated Dusan Lajovic to advance to the third round, the Australian visited the students again and invited the teams to join his practice on Sunday. Those players got an added bonus when Boston Celtics star Gordan Hayward, who played tennis competitively as a junior, joined in.

“I don’t think I’ve done anything that special, just to bring them out here to a training session, to give them the opportunity to meet professionals and make their day, that’s easy for me,” Kyrgios said according to the Miami Herald. “It made the training session more fun for me and, obviously, it’s a tough time for them, so if they can get out here and get their minds on something else, it’s pretty important.”

It is not the first time Kyrgios has done his part to offer support to others. The World No. 20 created his NK Foundation to support underprivileged youth, and the foundation received an ATP ACES For Charity grant earlier this year. 

“I’m a strong believer in making a difference where you can,” Kyrgios tweeted Sunday evening. 

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Marach/Pavic Survive Day Of Doubles Upsets

  • Posted: Mar 26, 2018

Marach/Pavic Survive Day Of Doubles Upsets

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Russian duo downs Murray/Soares

Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic have been one of the most successful doubles teams in 2018, and are showing once again that their partnership is paying dividends at the Miami Open presented by Itau. 

Having started the season on a 17-match win streak, which was ultimately halted in the final in Rotterdam, the Austrian/Croatian duo has yet to let up. In Miami this week, they overcame a tricky opener against Marc Lopez and Feliciano Lopez, and faced another challenge in the second round against another team of matching surnames.

Nevertheless, Marach and Pavic were able to navigate their way past singles stars and brothers Alexander Zverev and Mischa Zverev, 7-6(5), 6-4 in one hour, 27 minutes. The win was their 23rd of the season, and they were able to generate 12 break points on their opponents’ serves, converting four. 

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Earlier in the day, the former top-ranked doubles team of Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares was upset by the unseeded Russian pairing of Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev. The teams were evenly matched throughout, breaking serve just once per set, before Khachanov and Rublev ran away with the Match Tie-break, claiming a 6-4, 5-7, 10/2 victory to advance to the quarter-finals. 

The upsets didn’t stop there – Nikola Mektic and Alexander Peya knocked off No. 2 seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers from a set down, winning 3-6, 6-3, 10/2 in just over an hour. For the second time in as many weeks, Peya played spoiler to Kontinen and Peers, having upset them alongside Philipp Petzschner en route to the title at the Irving Challenger.

Elsewhere, the American partnership of Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey defeated veteran doubles players Rohan Bopanna and Edouard Roger-Vasselin in a 7-6(5), 6-2 decision.

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