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Novak Djokovic of Serbia
celebrates after winning a
point against Nicolas Al-
magro of Spain during a
Madrid Open tennis tourna-
ment match in Madrid, Spain,
Wednesday, May 10, 2017.
Associated Press.
Djokovic, Nadal

advance to
3rd round in
Madrid Open

TALES AZZONI
AP Sports Writer
MADRID (AP) — Defending
champion Novak Djokovic
recovered from a 3-0 defi-
cit in the third set to defeat
Nicolas Almagro 6-1, 4-6,
7-5 and reach the third
round at the Madrid Open
on Wednesday.
Djokovic rallied in the final
set by breaking Almagro to
go up 6-5 and served out
to earn his 15th win of the
season in over two hours.
The victory left Djokovic on
track to play a semifinal
against four-time Madrid
champion and home-
crowd favorite Rafael
Nadal, who struggled in a
7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-4 win over a
Fabio Fognini of Italy in just
under three hours.
“I haven’t played bad, I Masters champion Garcia
played really bad,” Nadal
said. “It was uncomfort- returns to action at The Players
able.”
Nadal will play Nick Kyrgios Sergio Garcia, of Spain watches his tee shot on the 10th hole dur-
of Australia, who defeated ing a practice round for The Players Championship golf tournament,
Ryan Harrison of the United Wednesday, May 10, 2017, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
States 6-3, 6-3. Associated Press
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