Roger Federer turned his skills to mixing music this week in Miami during a party for Moët & Chandon at Sugar, a rooftop bar 40 stories up at EAST, Miami hotel. Federer teamed with renowned DJ Nora En Pure, who has a South African and Swiss heritage, like the 25-time ATP World Tour Masters 1000 champion. Federer was also presented with a special bottle of Moët & Chandon champagne to mark his 90th tour-level title, achieved last weekend at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. “Moët Moments are always different and creative,” Federer said. “Tonight is with a really cool DJ in Miami. So why not? The location is stunning and I love music, so that makes it a very...
#NextGenATP player Frances Tiafoe finished strongly in his opening-round match on Thursday at the Miami Open presented by Itau, racing through the final set against Konstantin Kravchuk to advance 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 and set up a clash with fourth seed Roger Federer. "The guy has about a million Grand Slams and done everything. I can't tell you how excited I am to play. Seeing the draw was partly probably why up a set and 4-1, I started rushing and thinking, 'Oh my god, I'm going to play Roger,'" said Tiafoe. "He's my idol, everyone's idol. People on tour still stare at him in the locker room. He's an absolute legend. We hope he never retires because he's such a good...
View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the following match-ups & vote for the players you think will win! Nishikori vs Anderson | Nadal vs Sela | Dimitrov vs Pella | Raonic vs Troicki [GROUP POLL]17[/GROUP POLL] DAY 3 PREVIEW: There are two first-round matches in the top half of the draw and 16 second-round matches in the bottom half of the draw on Friday’s schedule at the Miami Open presented by Itau. Leading the way are No. 2 seed and last year’s finalist Kei Nishikori, No. 3 seed Milos Raonic and No. 5 seed/four-time Miami Open finalist Rafael Nadal. In the opening men’s match on Stadium, Nishikori takes on big-serving South African Kevin Anderson. Nishikori has won two of the previous...
The #NextGenATP contingent at the Miami Open presented by Itau have been embroiled in marathon first-round matches on Thursday. Borna Coric remains unbeaten against World No. 41 Marcel Granollers in their FedEx ATP Head2Head at 3-0, following a gruelling two hours and 51 minutes victory. The Croatian won their last encounter in three sets at the 2016 Aircel Chennai Open and required another deciding set in Miami during a 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-3 win. However, two #NextGenATP players fell to narrow defeats in deciding tie-breaks. Diego Schwartzman moved into the second round of the Miami Open for the first time, but he needed two-and-a-half-hours to navigate past Karen Khachanov 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(4). The Argentine will next face 2013 finalist David Ferrer....
Follow all the latest off-court action on MyATP! Download the app for iPhone or Android or visit MyATP.com. Miami Open presented by Itau – Florida, United States Customers at the Juan Valdez Cafe in Downtown Miami were given a pleasant surprise during their rush hour coffee run. Miami Open presented by Itau top seed Stan Wawrinka was on hand to serve customers with an early morning caffeine fix ahead of his quest for the title. Doubles pairing Bruno Soares and Jamie Murray were joined by Joao Sousa on Crandon Park beach. The trio were put through their paces in a game of foot volley as they basked in the Miami sunshine. Roger Federer turned his skills to mixing music Wednesday night in Miami during a party for...
