You've probably seen mosquitoes swarm players or moths hop on the court at night. But a giant iguana sitting on a scoreboard and refusing to budge during an ATP World Tour match? Miami Open fans probably couldn't believe what they were seeing on Wednesday evening as Tommy Haas and Jiri Vesely battled on Court 1 at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament. The score was tied 3-3 in the third set, with Haas set to serve during the first-round match, when an iguana climbed to the top of a baseline scoreboard and rested at the best seat in the stadium. Fans, players and the chair umpire immediately noticed the iguana as the creature lingered. “It's a big one,” the...
The Miami Open presented by Itau has always been special for Kevin Anderson. The South African made quite the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 debut at the tournament in 2008. A year removed from a successful collegiate career at the University of Illinois, the South African qualified for the main draw and stunned reigning Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic in the second round. Three years later at Crandon Park, Anderson reached his first Masters 1000 quarter-final, this time coming up short against Djokovic. As he makes his return to Miami this week, the 30-year-old Anderson looks back on his win over Djokovic and shares who he thinks is the toughest competitor in Masters 1000 history. What makes the ATP Word...
Fabio Fognini moves into the Miami Open presented by Itau second round courtesy of a 6-4, 7-5 victory over American Ryan Harrison on Wednesday. The World No. 40 won their only previous FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting at the 2014 BNP Paribas Open and repeated the win in straight sets to book a match-up with 30th seed Joao Sousa. Argentine Federico Delbonis beat his countryman and 2012 Miami semi-finalist Juan Monaco 7-5, 7-6(4). American Donald Young managed to nullify the serve-and-volley tactics of Dustin Brown in a 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 victory to earn a second-round match against 11th seed Lucas Pouille. Watch Full Match Replays Nicolas Mahut won the Miami doubles title last year (w/Herbert) and put in an impressive display...
Great Britain's Kyle Edmund connects with a bullet forehand to hit a passing shot against Jared Donaldson at the Miami Open presented by Itau. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.
You've probably heard of mosquitoes or moths stopping play before but an iguana? It happened on Wednesday evening while Tommy Haas and Jiri Vesely were battling at the Miami Open presented by Itau. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.
