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Madrid. The Spaniard is 5-4 lead and won the
aiming for an eighth title match when he had a
at the Foro Italico as he forehand ruled in.
prepares for the French Third-seeded Stan
Open in less than two Wawrinka went out
weeks. of the tournament af-
“I think I can play a little ter losing 7-6 (1), 6-4 to
bit more aggressive than American John Isner,
what I did tonight. I think who served up 19 aces
I have to do it,” Nadal in their match.
said. “But in general “It’s a situation for me
terms I am happy with where I’m going out
the way that I played, there against the No. 3
obviously.” player in the world. May-
Thiem also beat an be I have a little bit less to
American but had to lose than he does,” Isner
save two match points said. “I went out there
in a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7) vic- with the belief that, if I
tory over Sam Querrey. played well and execut-
Four-time champion No- ed my game plan, that I
vak Djokovic is also safe- could walk off that court
ly through to the quar- with a win. That’s what
terfinals after beating happened today.” Spain’s Rafael Nadal returns the ball to United States’ Jack Sock during their match at the Italian
Roberto Bautista Agut Isner grabbed the only Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Thursday, May 18, 2017.
6-4, 6-4. Second-seeded break of the match at Associated Press
Djokovic next plays Juan 3-3 in the second set be-
Martin del Potro after fore comfortably serving Venus Williams defeated so that’s one of the rea- debut. Kontaveit beat
the Argentine ousted out the match on his first Johanna Konta 6-1, 3-6, sons why I have always 16th-seeded Mirjana Lu-
seventh-seeded Kei Ni- attempt after Wawrinka 6-1. come here. cic-Baroni 6-1, 6-1 to set
shikori 7-6 (4), 6-3. had saved two match Konta had won her pre- “You know, I have had a up a quarterfinal against
Djokovic seemed in full points on his serve. vious three meetings good amount of success Madrid Open champion
control when he went Isner next faces another against Williams but the here.” Simona Halep.
3-1 up in the second set big server in sixth-seed- American dominated Second-seeded Karo- “I’m just really trying to
but allowed the Span- ed Marin Cilic, who dis- the first set. Although lina Pliskova is also safely take it match by match
iard to fight back to 4-4 missed ninth-seeded Konta rallied in the sec- through after easing past and setting these really
before going on to seal David Goffin 6-3, 6-4. ond, another double experienced clay-court small goals,” the 21-year-
the match. Home favorite Fabio break in the third hand- player Timea Bacsinszky old Kontaveit said.
Bautista Agut could Fognini, who saw off ed Williams victory. 6-1, 7-5. The Czech next Sixth-seeded Halep beat
have gone 5-4 up in the top-seeded Andy Mur- Williams will take on faces eighth-seeded Eli- Anastasia Pavlyuchen-
second set after Djokov- ray on Tuesday, lost 6-3, Garbine Muguruza after na Svitolina, who recov- kova 6-1, 4-6, 6-0.
ic appeared to send the 6-3 to Alexander Zverev, the 2016 French Open ered to beat Mona Bar- Qualifier Daria Gavrilova
ball long but the umpire who will play fifth-seed- champion beat Julia thel 3-6, 6-0, 6-0. beat seventh-seeded
said it was in. Television ed Milos Raonic in the Gorges 7-5, 6-4. Estonian qualifier Anett Svetlana Kuznetsova
replays showed the ball quarterfinals after the “I love this tournament, Kontaveit, who beat top- 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 and Kiki
was out. Canadian beat Tomas and I love Rome,” Wil- ranked Angelique Ker- Bertens won 7-6 (3), 6-1
Instead it was Djokovic Berdych 6-3, 6-2. liams said. “It’s one of my ber in the second round, over Russia’s Ekaterina
who broke to take a In the women’s draw, favorite places on earth, continued her dream Makarova.q
Gaviria claims his 3rd Giro

stage win, Dumoulin keeps lead

Overall, Tom Dumoulin re- the preparation. And that’s along with Sergey Firsanov
mained 2 minutes, 23 sec- how I’m here with my third and Marco Marcato.
onds ahead of 2014 winner victory.”Dumoulin praised The trio had an advantage
Nairo Quintana and 2:38 Gaviria’s performance so of nearly seven minutes at
ahead of Bauke Mollema. far.“It’s been a good day one point but Quick-Step
The 22-year-old Gaviria is for me. A typical sprinters’ upped the pace as the fin-
the first cyclist to win three stage,” Dumoulin said. “It ish approached and the
stages on his Grand Tour was faster than I thought. peloton reeled them in.
Colombia’s Fernando Gaviria crosses the finish line to win the debut since Uwe Raab in Gaviria seems to be the Firsanov and Marcato were
12th stage of Giro d’Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, from from 1990, but he brushed off best sprinter here.” caught with 11 kilometers
Forli to Reggio Emilia, Thursday, May 18, 2017. claims he is the best sprinter Dumoulin’s lead was nev- remaining and Maestri was
Associated Press
in the peloton. er really under threat. The also swallowed up five ki-
REGGIO EMILIA, Italy (AP) Gaviria, who rides for “I’m not the best sprinter Dutch cyclist crossed the lometers further down the
— Colombian rider Fernan- Quick-Step Floors, edged of this Giro,” Gaviria said. line with the rest of the GC road.Friday’s 13th stage is
do Gaviria won a bunch Italian rival Jakub Marecz- “That’s Andre Greipel be- contenders, six seconds another one for the sprint-
sprint at the end of the ko at the end of the 229-ki- cause he’s got many more behind Gaviria. ers, a completely flat
longest stage of the Giro lometer (142-mile) route wins in his career than Mirco Maestri had been 167-kilometer (104-mile)
d’Italia on Thursday to earn from Forli to Reggio Emilia. me but right now, I’m the hoping for a first stage win, route from Reggio Emilia
his third victory in his first Sam Bennett of Ireland was sprinter with the best form in his hometown, and he to Tortona.The 100th Giro
Grand Tour. third in the 12th stage. and the best legs thanks to was part of the early break ends in Milan on May 28.q