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Thiem Tames Tsitsipas In Opener

The 2017 March Masters did not go as Dominic Thiem had hoped, as the Austrian lost in the quarter-finals at the BNP Paribas Open and then fell in his opener at the Miami Open presented by Itau. The World No. 6 got off to a good start to the March Masters swing in 2018, defeating #NextGenATP Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas in a back-and-forth battle 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 on Saturday afternoon at Indian Wells to move into the third round. Thiem has advanced to at least the quarter-finals at four of his five tour-level tournaments this season, with his only earlier loss coming in the Round of 16 at the Australian Open (l. to Sandgren). The Austrian 24-year-old now has an ATP...

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Lopez/Lopez Defeat Top 10 Singles Pairing

Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez took just 68 minutes to reach the second round at the BNP Paribas Open, dispatching two players inside the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings, Juan Martin del Potro and Grigor Dimitrov, 6-4, 6-2 on Friday. The Spaniards, who had won just two of their six matches heading into the event in 2018, dropped only two points behind their first serves against the singles stars in the first set (18/20), and saved all five break points they faced to advance to the next round. The 2016 Roland Garros champions, searching for back-to-back wins at an event for the first time this season,  await the winner between sixth seeds Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau and Ryan Harrison/Max Mirnyi.  Watch...

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