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Kubot/Melo Survive To Reach Indian Wells Doubles Final

  • Posted: Mar 18, 2017

Kubot/Melo Survive To Reach Indian Wells Doubles Final

Eighth seeds will play Klaasen/Ram for the title

Eighth seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo are through to their first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final as a team after edging fourth seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares 3-6, 7-5, 10-5 in the BNP Paribas Open semi-finals on Friday.

The Polish/Brazilian duo rallied from a 2-4 deficit in the second set, winning five of the next six games to force a Match Tie-break, which they controlled from the start to seal victory in one hour and 33 minutes.

Kubot and Melo joined forces full-time at the start of 2017. They have won two titles together before, capturing back-to-back Vienna crowns in 2015 and 2016.

In Saturday’s final, they will face sixth seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram, who defeated Gilles Muller and Sam Querrey in the other semi-final on Thursday evening.

Murray and Soares, who finished as the No. 1 duo in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings last year, were looking to win their second successive ATP World Tour title, after coming into Indian Wells on the back of victory in Acapulco.

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Federer's "Backhand Boys" Take On Chicago

  • Posted: Mar 18, 2017

Federer's "Backhand Boys" Take On Chicago

Swiss maestro releases second music video with Dimitrov and Haas

The late ‘90s had the Backstreet Boys and N’Sync, while the late 2000s had the Jonas Brothers. Could the “Backhand Boys” become this decade’s boy band craze?

Roger Federer released the world debut of himself, Grigor Dimitrov and Tommy Haas taking a second crack at singing “Hard To Say I’m Sorry,” the classic ‘80s song from American rock group Chicago, during an on-court interview at the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday. He then posted the video to his Twitter account shortly after.

The new release is a follow-up to their initial attempt at the track in January. Haas’ father-in-law, world-renowned record producer and musician David Foster, once again accompanied them on piano.

Looking more comfortable as a man band, the trio’s vocal range has improved noticeably over the past two months. They even upped the production value of the new release by including a cameo appearance from Novak Djokovic.

The Swiss maestro returns to a more familiar vocation on Saturday when he plays either Jack Sock or Kei Nishikori for a place in the BNP Paribas Open final. 

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Kyrgios pulls out of Federer match with food poisoning

  • Posted: Mar 17, 2017

Australia’s Nick Kyrgios has pulled out of his quarter-final against Roger Federer at Indian Wells because of a bout of food poisoning.

The 21-year-old, seeded 15th, beat world number two Novak Djokovic in the previous round, but will not now face Australian Open champion Federer.

“At this stage we think it’s food poisoning, and I’m praying it’s nothing more,” Kyrgios said in a statement.

Federer, 35, goes on to face Japan’s Kei Nishikori or Jack Sock of the US.

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