{"id":9296,"date":"2012-03-25T15:28:39","date_gmt":"2012-03-25T13:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/tennis-red-hot-federer-rolls-on-clijsters-falls-in-miami\/"},"modified":"2012-03-25T15:28:39","modified_gmt":"2012-03-25T13:28:39","slug":"tennis-red-hot-federer-rolls-on-clijsters-falls-in-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/tennis-red-hot-federer-rolls-on-clijsters-falls-in-miami\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis-Red hot Federer rolls on, Clijsters falls in Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">March 24<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Roger Federer held off local wildcard<br \/>\nRyan Harrison to set up a third-round clash against twice former<br \/>\nSony Ericsson Open champion Andy Roddick and Serena Williams<br \/>\nserved her way into the fourth round in Miami action on<br \/>\nSaturday.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While men&#8217;s number one Novak Djokovic and women&#8217;s<br \/>\nsecond-ranked Maria Sharapova progressed easily, former number<br \/>\none and twice Miami winner Kim Clijsters was eliminated at the<br \/>\nPremier-level event.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Clijsters fought hard and survived six match points before<br \/>\nfalling to fellow Belgian Yanina Wickmayer 6-4 7-6 in their<br \/>\nthird round clash.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a special win for me today because she was one of my<br \/>\nidols growing up,&#8221; the 22-year-old Wickmayer said.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur avoided an<br \/>\nearly exit by storming back after falling a set and 4-2 down to<br \/>\nbeat South African Chanelle Scheepers 2-6 7-5 6-2.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Federer, who has won 40 of 42 matches and six tournament<br \/>\ntitles since the 2011 U.S. Open semi-finals, led his 19-year-old<br \/>\nopponent 5-2 in the second set before Harrison extended him to a<br \/>\ntiebreaker taken 7-3 by the Swiss for a hard-earned 6-2 7-6 win.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I felt like I had to win the match like three times at the<br \/>\nend, so I was relieved to come through,&#8221; Federer told reporters<br \/>\nafter his second round tie.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Beating an American in America is always a big deal,<br \/>\nbecause this is where they usually play their very best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Federer must next hurdle another homegrown foe in Roddick<br \/>\nand although the Swiss world number three has mastered the<br \/>\nAmerican former world number one in 21 out of 23 matches, he<br \/>\ndoes not expect it to be easy going.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 24 (Reuters) &#8211; Roger Federer held off local wildcard Ryan Harrison to set up a third-round clash against twice former Sony Ericsson Open champion Andy Roddick and Serena Williams served her way into the fourth round in Miami action on Saturday. 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