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Monday, 3 April 2017 :  Roger Federer produced some more sensational tennis to beat Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-4 to lift the Miami Open, his third title of 2017 following the Australian Open and Indian Wells. Federer and Nadal were both close to the top of their games during the opening …

Saturday, 1 April 2017 :  The Swiss, 35, won 7-6 (11-9) 6-7 (9-11) 7-6 (7-5) to take his 2017 record to 18 wins and one defeat. Federer will take on Nadal for the 37th time on Sunday, and the second this year after beating the Spaniard in January’s Australian Open …

Friday, 31 March 2017 :  The 35-year-old Swiss survived two match points in the deciding tie-break before winning 6-2 3-6 7-6 (8-6). Berdych double-faulted on Federer’s second match point to gift victory to the 18-time Grand Slam champion. In the women’s draw, former world number one Caroline Wozniacki reached the …

Thursday, 30 March 2017 :  Tenth seed Konta gave up the only break of the first set but hit back to race into a 3-0 lead early in the second. Third seed Halep recovered to force a tie-break but Konta dug deep to take it to a decider, which she …

Wednesday, 28 March 2017 :  The 19-year-old German beat his 32-year-old Swiss opponent, the world number three, 4-6 6-2 6-1, setting up a tie with Nick Kyrgios or David Goffin. Rafael Nadal also made it through, defeating France’s Nicolas Mahut 6-4 7-6 (7-4). He plays American Jack Sock. And Roger …

Wednesday, 28 March 2017 :  Lucic-Baroni, who came into the match looking to build on her career-reviving run in Australia, did well to neutralise Pliskova’s powerful serve early in the match but was not able to back it up in her own service games. The 35-year-old Croatian, who had rolled …

Roger Federer took his 2017 record to 15 wins from 16 matches as he beat Juan Martin del Potro at the Miami Open. The Swiss, 35, won 6-3 6-4 to reach the last 16, where he will face Spanish 14th seed Roberto Bautista Agut. “I feel like I earned it …

 Monday, 27 March 2017 : An iguana bizarrely interrupted play at the Miami Open tennis tournament on Wednesday. Officials halted the first-round game between Germany’s Tommy Haas and the Czech Republic’s Jiri Vesely for several minutes after the reptile invaded the court and clambered onto an electronic scoreboard. Haas snapped …

Monday, 27 March 2017 :  Johanna Konta rediscovered her best form as she thrashed Pauline Parmentier of France in straight sets to reach round four at the Miami Open. Konta, seeded 10th, took charge from midway through the first set to win 6-4 6-0 in 63 minutes. She next faces …

Tuesday, 21 March 2017 :  Britain’s Aljaz Bedene came through the first round of qualifying at the Miami Open with a 6-4 6-3 victory over Federico Gaio of Italy. But compatriots Naomi Broady and Katie Swan lost in the women’s tournament. British number three Broady went down 7-5 6-4 to …