#prayforsears
i was beaten 6-1 6-5 last night
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Murray wins against all the odds
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The guy’s a class act.
Sounds like you were mugged in the 2nd set
Nadal beaten in the semi finals of the Argentina open. He was beaten by Domini Thiem on his favorite surface. I can see him calling it a day at the end of the year.
Dear oh dear, Nadal beaten again this time in Rio by Pablo Cuevas. 6-7,7-6,6-4. Looks like the plan to play a couple of smaller tournaments to gain some confidence has back fired. Interesting to see how he does with 2 ATP 1000 events coming up in Indian wells and Miami.
Former world number one Maria Sharapova has revealed she failed a drugs test at the Australian Open.
The Russian, 28, tested positive for meldonium, a substance she has been taking since 2006 for health issues.
Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam champion, said she was not yet aware of the sanctions she will face.
“I did fail the test and take full responsibility for it,” said Sharapova, who won the Wimbledon title as a 17-year-old in 2004.
"For the past 10 years I have been taking a medicine called mildronate by my doctor, my family doctor, and a few days ago after I received the letter from the ITF [International Tennis Federation] I found out it also has another name of meldonium, which I did not know.
"It is very important for you to understand that for 10 years this medicine was not on Wada’s [World Anti-Doping Agency] banned list and I had been legally taking that medicine for the past 10 years.
“But on 1 January the rules had changed and meldonium became a prohibited substance, which I had not known.”
She added: “I received an email on 22 December from Wada about the changes happening to the banned list and you can see prohibited items, and I didn’t click on that link.”
Sharapova has been the highest-earning female athlete in the world for the past 11 years, according to the Forbes list.
She first reached world number one in August 2005 and is currently seventh in the rankings - but she has played just four tournaments since Wimbledon last July as she struggled with an arm injury.
Her most recent match was a defeat by Serena Williams at the Australian Open in January, but Sharapova, who turns 29 in April, hopes to be able to return to tennis in the future.
“I made a huge mistake,” she said.
"I have let my fans down, and let the sport down that I have been playing since the age of four that I love so deeply.
“I know that with this I face consequences and I don’t want to end my career this way. I really hope to be given another chance to play this game.”
There had been speculation Sharapova was going to announce her retirement and a large media contingent gathered for the Los Angeles news conference, which was streamed live online.
“I know many of you thought that I would be retiring today but if I was ever going to announce my retirement it would not be in a downtown Los Angeles hotel with this fairly ugly carpet,” she said.
Good lord
meldonium is used to treat heart conditions. It also helps with exercise capacity. Some how I don’t think she was taking it for angina
Nadal has set point against Djokovic here at Indian Wells.
Djokovic saves.
Rafa’s stunning forehand is firing today.
Tie break.
Stunning save from Nadal.
VAMOS!!
Set point to Djokovic.
Djokovic takes the first set tie break 7-5.
Djokovic won
Nadal quit on his chair against 94 seeded Damir Dzumhur.when he was trailing 3-0 in the third and deciding set in Miami. Feeling a bit dizzy apparently.