Federer makes semis, Wozniacki reaches Miami Open final
Federer makes semis, Wozniacki reaches Miami Open final
Down 6-4 in a third-set tiebreaker to Tomas Berdych, the situation was officially dire.
The fourth-seeded Federer fought off those two match points and beat the 10th-seeded Berdych 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (6) in a quarterfinal matchup — avenging a third-set tiebreak loss to Berdych at Key Biscayne, Fla., seven years ago in a match that he still thinks he should have won.
The 12th-seeded Wozniacki, a part-time South Florida resident, made the women’s final for the first time in 10 tries by topping second-seeded Karolina Pliskova 5-7, 6-1, 6-1.
“Having a place here, training here in the offseason, playing kind of on home advantage, it’s special to be in my first finals here,” Wozniacki said.
Javier Fernandez took the lead in the men’s event at the figure skating world championships in Helsinki.
The two-time defending champion from Spain skated an immaculate short program to the tune of “Malaguena,” landing a quadruple toeloop-triple toeloop combination, plus a quad salchow, for 109.05 points.
Stanford’s Simone Manuel and Katie Ledecky, and Cal’s Kathleen Baker, are three of the four nominees for the Honda Award for the nation’s best collegiate female swimmer, the Collegiate Women Sports Awards announced.
The winner will be announced next week after voting by administrators from NCAA member schools.
American stars Carli Lloyd and Alex Morgan have set up a meeting in the semifinals of the Women’s Champions League, just weeks into their first playing stints in European soccer.
Lloyd and Morgan took advantage of a gap in the U.S. schedule to secure short-term moves to European clubs this season.