Jack Sock recorded the biggest win of his career on Friday as he defeated Kei Nishikori 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 to reach his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-final at the BNP Paribas Open. “To get my first semi at one of my favorite tournaments of the year, it feels very special to play in front of the home crowd,” said Sock. “It's so great here. They really get behind you and support not only me, but all of the Americans as well. Just to advance and keep going, play another match, feels good.” It was the first Top 5 win for the American, who advances to a semi-final clash with Roger Federer. The 24-year-old Sock, who has made a...
Nick Kyrgios announced his withdrawal ahead of his quarter-final match against Roger Federer on Friday at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. “Unfortunately I am unable to play today due to sickness,” the 21-year-old Australian shared in a statement. “At this stage we think it’s food poisoning, and I’m praying it’s nothing more. After a restless night of being sick I have nothing left and to play a great champion like Roger, I need to be at my best to have a chance. I don’t take this decision lightly, these are the matches we train for but I’m in no fit state to take to the court. “I’m sorry to the fans that I’m unable to take to the...
Stan Wawrinka survived a gripping contest with Dominic Thiem on Thursday night at the BNP Paribas Open, beating the Austrian 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(2) to reach the semifinals at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. "The level was really high tonight. I'm really happy with the way I was playing, the way I found a way to win it,” said Wawrinka. “He's a strong player, really tough to play. I think in general we both played at a high level, and the match came down to only one or two points. In the third-set tie-break, I served really well. I was really focused on not giving him anything.” The third-seeded Swiss will face Pablo Carreno Busta, who earlier saved two match points...
Pablo Carreno Busta is through to his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-final after saving two match points to deny Pablo Cuevas 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(4) at the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday. The Spaniard ended Cuevas' seven-match winning run with victory in two hours and five minutes, avenging his defeat to the Uruguayan in the Sao Paulo semi-finals just under two weeks ago. "It's an amazing feeling," said Carreno Busta. "It's my first time in the semifinal in a Masters 1000. This tournament is one of the best tournaments in the year and maybe one of the tougher, because all the people is playing here. So I think it's a really great result for me." Carreno Busta goes on...
Eighth seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo are through to the BNP Paribas Open semi-finals after breezing past tricky wild card duo, Nick Kyrgios and Nedad Zimonjic on Wednesday. The Polish-Brazilian pair posted a 6-1, 6-3 result, breaking four times in the 56-minute outing. Kubot/Melo will take on fourth seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno after the highest-seeded duo remaining edged past the Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau 7-6(5), 6-4. Watch Full Match Replays Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram ended the run of Novak Djokovic and Victor Troicki on Wednesday night. The South African-American duo took down the unseeded Serbians 3-6, 6-2, 10-6 in one hour and 12 minutes to secure a showdown with another unseeded pair, Gilles Muller and Sam...
