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Kei Nishikori withdrew so he played a Lucky Loser (Denis Kudla) and won it two easy sets. He now faces number two seed (Casper Ruud more a clay specialist) in the next round.

In the most unexpected Wild Card news Emma Raducanu gets a wild card for Indian Wells.  She would have needed to go through qualifying, as she was out with the ranking required for main draw when the cut off for entry was made.

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Andy Murray’s wild card confirmed for Indian Wells.  Even more exciting is the wild card for Kim Clijsters.  Should be a fun tournament.

Novak has pulled out, and potentially might not play the rest of the season but he’s expected to return for Paris and the Turin Finals.  Looking to clinch a record 7th year end number one.  Although Medvedev could thwart him if he goes on a Murray 2016 run.

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Murray has been drawn to face Mannarino in the First Round and meets Carlos Alcarez in the second if he gets through that. Likely to face Zverev in third round.

Will be interesting to see how he does. He’s been working on his forehand, which should give him more first serve points.  It looks like he will be gradually changing his game to finish more points at the net. First serve, forehand, volley, point won.

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His wedding ring has been stolen. He had his trainers out on his balcony to air and they’ve been nicked. He always ties his wedding ring to his laces when he’s training and playing.

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3 hours ago, MP_MFC said:

Back to earth with a thud for Raducanu then.

Maybe a reality check for the media who seemed to think she was some invincible robot and not an 18 y/o kid who hasn’t even had a full year on tour yet. No doubt everything fell her way at the US Open but she's still got plenty to learn going forward.

However Andy had comfortable win so he’s not ready for this topic to be renamed anytime soon.

 

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On 09/10/2021 at 07:31, GaryMc93 said:

Maybe a reality check for the media who seemed to think she was some invincible robot and not an 18 y/o kid who hasn’t even had a full year on tour yet. No doubt everything fell her way at the US Open but she's still got plenty to learn going forward.

However Andy had comfortable win so he’s not ready for this topic to be renamed anytime soon.

 

Women’s tennis is incredibly different to men’s in that there is a lot more variety in the types of playing styles.  So absolutely agree with you there.  Until you encounter these players you don’t know how to counter them.  Five weeks ago it would have been a loss you would have expected.  But one dream run later and there is a certain burden of expectation when she plays.

Murray should be playing Alcaraz tonight about 8.30pm.  Alcaraz is the favourite but quite fancy Murray to get it done and move into the Third Round.  The winner will play the winner of Brooksby Zverev.

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