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Rafael Nadal beaten by Stefanos Tsitsipas in Madrid Open semi-final
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Saturday, 11 May 2019 16:01
Rafael Nadal's bid for a sixth Madrid Open is over after he was beaten by Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semi-final.Greek 20-year-old Tsitsipas, the eighth seed, came through 6-4 2-6 6-3 in a thrilling encounter.He will play top seed Novak Djokovic in Sunday's final after the Serb earlier overcame Austrian Dominic Thiem 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-4). Nadal's defeat on the Madrid…
Madrid Open: Simona Halep beats Belinda Bencic to reach final
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Friday, 10 May 2019 08:07
Simona Halep continued her bid to regain the world number one ranking by beating Switzerland's Belinda Bencic to reach the Madrid Open final.The world number three overcame a second-set fightback from 18th-ranked Bencic to win 6-2 6-7 (2-7) 6-0.Romania's Halep, 27, will overtake Naomi Osaka at the top of the rankings if she wins the title. She will play either…
Madrid Open: Dominic Thiem beats Roger Federer to set up Novak Djokovic meeting
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Friday, 10 May 2019 11:08
Dominic Thiem saved match points to end Roger Federer's clay-court return and reach the Madrid Open semi-finals.Swiss Federer saved match points in his quarter-final on Thursday but squandered two of his own in the second-set tie-break against Thiem.Austria's Thiem eventually came through 3-6 7-6 (13-11) 6-4 to set up a meeting with world number one Novak Djokovic. Fifth seed Thiem…
Thinking about world number one ranking affected me - beaten Osaka
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Thursday, 09 May 2019 13:40
Naomi Osaka says thinking about retaining her number one world ranking hindered her in her Madrid Open quarter-final loss to Belinda Bencic.Osaka led by a break in the final set and served for the match, but Bencic fought back to win 3-6 6-2 7-5.Romania's Simona Halep could replace Osaka at the top of the rankings if she wins the title…
Federer 'relieved' after saving match points before beating Monfils in Madrid
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Thursday, 09 May 2019 13:22
Roger Federer saved two match points before claiming a hard-fought victory over Gael Monfils to reach the Madrid Open quarter-finals.The Swiss fourth seed came from a break down in the deciding set to beat the Frenchman 6-0 4-6 7-6 (7-3).Federer will face fifth seed Dominic Thiem - who he lost the Indian Wells final to in March - in the…
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