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Federer Recounts 'Horrible Match' From Miami Debut

Roger Federer remembers well his first professional match at Crandon Park, home to the Miami Open presented by Itau for the last time in 2018. It was 1999, the Swiss star’s first season on the ATP World Tour and he was handed a wild card into the tournament in which he drew Denmark’s Kenneth Carlsen. Federer, then No. 125 in the ATP Rankings, lost that first-round match 7-5, 7-6(4). The Dane would go on to beat Goran Ivanisevic in the next round before Francisco Clavet ended his run. Only a year prior, Federer had won the prestigious Orange Bowl junior championships. He would later claim the 1998 junior Wimbledon title on his way to ending the year as the World...

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Djokovic Hopes Miami Memories Inspire Turnaround

Six-time champion Novak Djokovic joins Indian Wells winner Juan Martin del Potro in second-round action on Friday at the Miami Open presented by Itau. Among the other seeds on the schedule are [2] Marin Cilic, [3] Grigor Dimitrov, [19] Hyeon Chung and [26] Kei Nishikori. Here are five must-see matches Friday:  Novak Djokovic vs. Benoit Paire Competing with his elbow pain-free for the "first days in a long, long time", Novak Djokovic will open his bid to pull clear of his coach Andre Agassi’s tied record of six Miami titles when he squares off against Frenchman Benoit Paire on Friday. Djokovic is on a 16-match winning streak in Miami, sweeping titles in 2014, 2015 and 2016 before missing last year’s...

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Jared Donaldson, Future Investment Banker?

Jared Donaldson hardly had a regular schooling life. The American, who grew up in Rhode Island in the U.S.A., moved to Argentina when he was 14 to train for two and a half years. But Donaldson, still only 21, has knowledge beyond his years. During this “On The Line” Q&A with ATPWorldTour.com, Donaldson, who next faces 25th seed Feliciano Lopez at the Miami Open presented by Itau, discusses the "light topics" he's been reading lately, including books on leveraged buyouts and the classic Atlas Shrugged. Donaldson also shares what he might like to do years from now after his tennis career finishes. What was the last book you read? For a while I was reading a lot of books on options...

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