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Tennis without Roger Federer, as the Madrid Open continues and Mr. Federer is home with his wife, twin daughters and just arrived twin boys. Meanwhile, golf got underway from TPC Sawgrass with Tiger Woods MIA due to his recovery from back surgery.
Madrid Open…Nadal advances in two easy sets, D. Ferrer over John Isner in two sets, T. Berdych over G. Dimitrov in three sets, K. Nishikori over M. Raonic in two sets, and gasp, Andy Murray loses again, this time to S. Giraldo in straight sets! Giraldo was 0-19 against top ten player prior to today. The woes for Murray continue while Nadal looks poised to win this tournament..a it premature I know but still, who is going to stop him. Djokovic is out with injury and Stan Wawrinka made an unexpected early exit. Guess we shall see, after all D. Ferrer did beat him in Monte Carlo on clay.
On the women’s side: Radwanska won in two sets, Sharapova over Stosur in two sets (I thought this would be closer), Kvitova and Serena won in two set matches, Lisicki and Li Na needed three sets to advance and Garcia upset S. Errani. Looks like Serena if she is healthy? I am pulling for Li Na/A. Radwanska!
Day one of the Players Championship got underway and the leaderboard looks like, well it looks like this: M. Kaymer -9, R. Henley -7, Sang-Moon Bae -6, Lee Westwood, Fdez-Castano, Gary Woodland, Jordan Spieth and Brian Stuard at -5. Rory Mcilroy is at -2, Zach Johnson and Bubba Watson are both at -3 and Lefty (Mickelson) is at +3. I know it is only day one, but gotta say, not really rocking my world.
OK…hopefully the golf will get a bit more exciting and the tennis as well!
