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SPORTS Saturday 1 april 2017
Rafael Nadal reaches Key Biscayne final for 5th time

night’s match between start in 86-degree sun-
Roger Federer and Nick shine. He finished with 38
Kyrgios. There will be a first- unforced errors, compared
time Key Biscayne wom- with 12 for Nadal.
en’s champion Saturday “I was missing a lot of balls,”
when Caroline Wozniacki Fognini said. “I give him a
plays Johanna Konta. present the first set. I was
Nadal, seeded fifth, elimi- playing really bad.”
nated Fognini without fac- Said Nadal: “Fabio is a
ing a break point, and lost player who is able to com-
only nine of 46 points on his bine great points with mis-
serve. takes. The match became
Fognini, the first unseeded strange — not a lot of
men’s semifinalist since rhythm. The second set was
2007, looked listless at the tough.”q

Rafael Nadal, of Spain, loses his shoe after hitting a return to Fabio Fognini, of Italy, during a men’s
semifinal match at the Miami Open tennis tournament, Friday, March 31, 2017, in Key Biscayne,
Fla. Nadal won 6-1, 7-5.
Associated Press

STEVEN WINE Nadal lost his right sneaker for the 13th time, making it
AP Sports Writer — and the point. But he his longest title drought at
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — quickly regained his footing any event.
Rafael Nadal was so eager and beat unseeded Fabio “Winning here would be
to reach the Miami Open Fognini 6-1, 7-5. something great, and an
final that he ran out of his Nadal is 0-4 in finals at Key important title I haven’t
shoe. Biscayne, losing in 2005, won,” Nadal said.
Chasing a shot in the sec- 2008, 2011 and 2014. He’s His opponent Sunday will
ond set of Friday’s semifinal, playing in the tournament be the winner of Friday