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Watch Roger Federer deliver three backhand Hot Shots against Jack Sock at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Getty Images photo.

• Three new faces – No. 3 seed Stan Wawrinka, No. 17 seed Jack Sock and No. 21 seed Pablo Carreno Busta join four-time champion and No. 9 seed Roger Federer in the BNP Paribas Open semi-finals on Saturday. Federer has cruised into his 10th Indian Wells semi-final without losing a set or serve while the trio of first-time semi-finalists each have lost at least one set. • In the opening match, Wawrinka brings a 2-0 head-to-head record against Carreno Busta, who is making his ATP Masters 1000 semi-final debut. Wawrinka won both previous meetings on clay in 2013 and last year. The 25-year-old Spaniard saved two match points in his three-set quarter-final win over No. 27 seed Pablo Cuevas....

Players competing at this week’s ATP Challenger Tour event in Shenzhen, China, stepped away from the court for a pair of off-site activities. On Tuesday, Enrique Lopez-Perez of Spain joined WTA player Jovana Jaksic in visiting a Tsing Dynasty villa named Wanshi Habitat. They explored where the ancestors of Shenzhen citizens used to live and learned about Hakka culture and what the lifestyle entailed. They then delighted the local audience by hitting a few balls in a game of mini-tennis. Enrique Lopez-Perez helps launch the #ATPChallenger event in Shenzhen. The Spaniard visited a Tsing Dynasty villa named Wanshi Habitat. pic.twitter.com/2mAhAhoNn9— ATP Challenger Tour (@ATPChallenger) March 14, 2017 Also during the week, Thai brothers Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana tested their...

Andrey Rublev is a man on a mission. One of three surging Russian #NextGenATP stars – with Karen Khachanov and Daniil Medvedev – Rublev is setting his sights on joining his countrymen in the Top 100 of the Emirates ATP Rankings. Competing at this week’s ATP Challenger Tour event in Irving, U.S.A., he is into the semi-finals as a qualifier, reeling off an impressive six wins in five days. The 19 year old, who is working under the tutelage of former World No. 29 Fernando Vicente, is less than two months removed from reaching his third ATP Challenger Tour final in Rennes. His run on French soil came just weeks after battling World No. 1 Andy Murray in the second...

Felix Auger Aliassime shows off his great speed in setting a blockbuster semi-final clash against fellow Canadian teen Denis Shapovalov at the Drummondville Challenger.