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SPORTS Wednesday 29 March 2017
Federer and Nadal advance,

Wawrinka ousted at Miami Open

TIM REYNOLDS break down in the final set Nadal said. “Obviously, it’s
AP Sports Writer to beat Federico Delbonis a little bit better for him, but
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. at the same time I’m happy
For Roger Federer and Ra- “A tough match overall,” with the way that I am play-
fael Nadal, it was a happy Federer said. ing, happy with the way
anniversary. Zverev, who turns 20 next that I started the year after
For Stan Wawrinka, it was month, downed Wawrinka a tough second part of the
not a happy birthday. 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, and showed year last year with injuries.
Federer and Nadal — play- no ill effects by playing just “So I think it’s a positive for
ing back-to-back on sta- 24 hours after winning a both of us that we can still
dium court on the 13th an- three-setter over John Isner (be) around here and be
niversary of their very first that went entirely to tie- very competitive almost
match — both advanced breakers. every week that we are
Tuesday to the quarterfinals Zverev won 26 of the 36 playing.”
of the Miami Open, surviv- points played in the final Federer had a battle with
ing strong tests in both cas- set. Bautista Agut, and seemed
es. “A disappointing match,” to enjoy himself. He need-
Wawrinka wasn’t as fortu- said Wawrinka, who smiled ed — and got — a break
nate, the No. 1 seed get- when a surprise birthday with Bautista Agut serving Venus Williams, of the United States, reacts after defeating Svet-
ting bounced on his 32nd cake — replete with ‘Stan for the first set, and with Fe- lana Kuznetsova, of Russia, 6-3, 7-6(4) during the Miami Open
birthday by teenager Alex- The Man’ lettering — was derer serving at 4-5 in the tennis tournament, Monday, March 27, 2017, in Key Biscayne,
ander Zverev. brought into his post-match second they played about Fla.
“Every match is going to news conference. “We a half-dozen back-and- Associated Press
be tough from now on,” were both fighting.” forth shots at the net in a man would reach the quar- on the women’s tour.
said second-seeded Kei Nadal won the only break tete-a-tete that ended with ters — that being No. 13 “I’m really enjoying my ten-
Nishikori, who also survived point played in his match Federer winning the point. Jack Sock, who beat Jared nis this year ... winning al-
a three-setter to reach the against Marut, and it was He cracked a slight smile as Donaldson 6-2, 6-1. most every match so far,”
quarters. enough. He was an up- the crowd roared. Karolina Pliskova, who has said Pliskova, who took ad-
That seems to already be and-coming 17-year-old Federer gets Wednesday never found Miami exactly vantage of 10 double faults
holding true. when he faced Federer at off, and will meet 10th- to her liking, got into the by Lucic-Baroni.
The fourth-seeded Federer what was then called the seeded Tomas Berdych on women’s semifinals with a Next up for Pliskova — who
outlasted No. 14 Roberto NASDAQ-100 Open in 2004, Thursday afternoon in the 6-3, 6-4 win over 26th-seed- avenged a loss to Lucic-
Bautista Agut 7-6 (5), 7-6 and surprised many with a quarters. ed Mirjana Lucic-Baroni. It’s Baroni in the quarterfinals
(4), the fifth-seeded Nadal straight-set win that day. Nishikori will next face un- the first time Pliskova has of the Australian Open — is
got past Nicolas Marut 6-4, More than a decade later, seeded Fabio Fognini of made the semifinals at Key Caroline Wozniacki or Lu-
7-6 (4), and Nishikori — a here they are again. Italy, who beat Donald Biscayne. cie Safarova, who were
finalist at Key Biscayne a “It’s a good start of the Young 6-0, 6-4. Young’s loss Pliskova improved to 23-3 scheduled to play Tuesday
year ago — rallied from a year, I think, for both of us,” meant only one American this year, the best record night.q

NHL Capsules: Detroit beat Carolina as Lack injured

The Associated Press made contact with Lack. leading Blackhawks, who all (3-5-1) and is 0-4-1 in its Allen improved to 7-0 life-
RALEIGH, North Carolina Lack finished with 23 saves were coming off a 7-0 loss last five at Barclays Center time against Arizona. He
(AP) — Andreas Athanasi- for Carolina. Saturday night at Florida. since earning a point in 11 has won eight of his last 10
ou crashed into Eddie Lack LIGHTNING 5, BLACKHAWKS Scott Darling stopped 25 straight (9-0-2) on home starts, allowing just 13 goals.
as he scored in overtime on 4, OT shots. ice. Arizona goalie Mike Smith
Monday night, giving the TAMPA, Florida (AP) — Yan- PREDATORS 3, ISLANDERS 1 BLUES 4, COYOTES 1 stopped 24 shots.
Detroit Red Wings a 4-3 NHL ni Gourde had a break- NEW YORK (AP) — Viktor Ar- ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jaden SABRES 4, PANTHERS 2
victory over Carolina on a away goal 4:25 into over- vidsson scored early in the Schwartz scored twice and BUFFALO, New York (AP) —
play that left the Hurricanes time as Tampa Bay rallied second period and Jusse Jake Allen made 21 saves Brian Gionta scored while
goalie with a frightening in- from a three-goal deficit to Saros stopped 24 shots as to help St. Louis continue its playing his 1,000th career
jury. beat Chicago. Nashville held on to beat mastery over Arizona. game to help Buffalo beat
Lack remained down for Tampa Bay, which trails New York for its fourth St. Louis has won 10 straight Florida.
several minutes before he Boston by a point for the straight win. games against Arizona, Ryan O’Reilly, Zach Bogo-
was taken off on a stretch- second Eastern Confer- Kevin Fiala and Ryan Jo- outscoring the Coyotes 42- sian and Marcus Foligno
er, with both teams remain- ence wild card, got two hansen also scored to 13 in that time. The Blues also scored for the Sabres,
ing on the ice and forming goals from Jonathan Dr- help the surging Predators have won 10 of their last 12 who led 3-0 after Gionta’s
a semicircle to watch him. ouin. Ondrej Palat and An- win for the seventh time in overall and trail Nashville goal 1:25 into the second
Lack flashed a thumbs-up ton Stralman also scored, eight games and remain in by a point for third place in period. The goal drew a
sign as he was wheeled and Andrei Vasilevskiy, who control of third place in the the Central Division. large cheer from the crowd
away. got pulled 14 minutes into Central Division. Arizona has lost six of its after the 15-year NHL vet-
Team spokesman Mike the first after allowing three Josh Bailey scored and last seven. The teams meet eran was honored during a
Sundheim said Lack was goals on eight shots, re- Thomas Greiss finished with again Wednesday in Phoe- pregame ceremony.
moving his arms and legs turned to start the second 28 saves for the Islanders, nix. Robin Lehner stopped 30
after he was taken off the and finished with 25 saves. who remained two points Alex Pietrangelo and Vladi- shots, including punching
ice. Artemi Panarin, Patrick behind Boston for the sec- mir Tarasenko also scored his glove hand out to get
An official review deter- Kane, Tomas Jurco and ond wild card in the Eastern for St. Louis, which is 16-1-1 a piece of Smith’s back-
mined that the puck was in Richard Panik scored for Conference. New York has against Arizona since 2011- hander on a penalty shot
the net before Athanasiou the Western Conference- lost six of its last nine over- 12. 5:23 into the third period.q