Second seed Kei Nishikori overcame a third-round test at the Miami Open presented by Itau on Sunday, edging Fernando Verdasco 7-6(2), 6-7(5), 6-1 in two hours and 44 minutes. Runner-up to Novak Djokovic last year, Nishikori improved to 19-6 at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event. Also a semi-finalist in 2014 and quarter-finalist in 2015, the Japanese will look to reach the last eight in Miami for the fourth straight year when he takes on Federico Delbonis next. "It was definitely a long match," said Nishikori. "It wasn't easy in the third set, but I have a day off tomorrow, so I should be okay." The 27-year-old Nishikori fired 37 winners, but Verdasco seemed to have an answer for...
Jiri Vesely rips a tweener winner past Jack Sock during their third-round match at the Miami Open presented by Itau. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.
Rafael Nadal talks about his comeback win against German Philipp Kohlschreiber and playing his 1,000th career match at the Miami Open presented by Itau. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.
Third seed Milos Raonic has announced his withdrawal due to a hamstring injury, ahead of his third-round match against Jared Donaldson at the Miami Open presented by Itau on Sunday. “It's related to the previous injury I sustained almost four weeks ago, if not a little bit more than four weeks ago, in Delray Beach,” Raonic told the assembled media in Miami. “It's the same muscle in the hamstring up high. It got progressively worse after my first round, after practising yesterday, and it seemed like it was not possible for me to compete today without putting myself at significant risk. “Right now the perspective is going to change a little bit. Obviously the goal through these tournaments being on...
