Taylor Townsend, Alisa Kleybanova, Camila Giorgi, Lleyton Hewitt, and Ryan Harrison impressed at the BNP Paribas Open.
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The women’s main draw began play at the BNP Paribas Open with several young American talents featured.
World Tennis Day featured exhibition tennis at Madison Square Garden between Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic, as well as the Bryan brothers and McEnroe brothers.
Roger Federer claimed his sixth Dubai title, while Grigor Dimitrov won the biggest title of his career and injury sidelined two top-five men.
Among the most impressive ATP stars early this week were Tomas Berdych, Alexandr Dolgopolov, and Thomaz Bellucci, while Juan Martin del Potro and Andy Murray struggled.
Can the world No. 18 and Marseille champion back up his boast that he can reach the top ATP ranking?
While Venus Williams cruised smoothly to the Dubai title, Serena Williams and Jelena Jankovic continued their verbal sparring.
Titles this week went to Venus Williams, Rafael Nadal, Marin Cilic, and Ernests Gulbis.
The former US Open champion voiced objections to the team competition that might resonate with other ATP stars.
Two former world No. 1s have enjoyed encouraging weeks in Dubai, where they will meet in the semifinals.
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