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Federer Outlasts Coric, Completes Best Start To A Season

Tennis fans will look back on Roger Federer's 2006 season as arguably the greatest in the Swiss' legendary career. A staggering 92-win campaign was kicked off with an impressive 16-0 run. For more than a decade, that win streak has stood as Federer's best start to a season. Until now. On Saturday, the World No. 1 completed a 17-0 run to kick off his 2018 campaign, storming back from the brink of defeat to overcome Borna Coric 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 at the BNP Paribas Open. With Pete Sampras and Rod Laver in attendance, Federer advanced to his eighth final in Indian Wells, exhibiting his trademark poise and guile to outlast his Croatian opponent in two hours and 21 minutes.  Very...

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Five Things To Know About Challenger Star Hubert Hurkacz

(1) Hubert Hurkacz is Poland's surging #NextGenATP hope Projected to rise to a career-high in the Top 200 of the ATP Rankings on Monday, Hurkacz, who turned 21 last month, will be the youngest Polish player to do so since Jerzy Janowicz in 2011. A semi-finalist at this week's ATP Challenger Tour event in Shenzhen, China, he also appeared in his second final last week in Zhuhai. "In October, I was around the Top 400, so I was trying to move up the ATP Rankings. I played five tournaments in a row and did really well, reaching two quarter-finals and my first final. I'm happy that that put me in the qualies of the Australian Open. This helped me a...

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