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Rafael Nadal stunned by Jordan Thompson in Brisbane, Coco Gauff reaches Auckland semis | Tennis News – Times of India

Rafael Nadal's Australian Open warm-up took an unexpected hit as he faced a surprising defeat against Jordan Thompson in the Brisbane International quarter-finals on Friday.Nadal was making a return after almost a year post his recovery from a hip injury.Local favorite Thompson managed to save three match points and secure a 5-7, 7-6(6), 6-3 victory against the Spanish tennis star.Having won the opener and leading 6-4 in the second-set tiebreak, Nadal was on the verge of victory before Thompson staged a remarkable comeback and went on to win in nearly three- and-half hours.Thompson broke 37-year-old Nadal in the fourth game of the final set and was 4-1 up when the Spaniard left the court on a medical timeout.Nadal, a 22-times Grand Slam champion, did return but could not stop Thompson, ...
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Stefanos Tsitsipas crashes out of Indian Wells in second round | Tennis News – Times of India

Stefanos Tsitsipas's hopes of taking over the world number one ranking with an Indian Wells title ended in a 7-6(0) 4-6 7-6(5) second-round loss to Australian Jordan Thompson on Friday.Second seed Tsitsipas told reporters on Wednesday that he did not expect to make a deep run at the tournament due to his ailing shoulder and it was unclear how much he had left in the tank after he was blanked in the first set breaker.But the Greek battled back and secured the only service break of the match in the second and pumped up the crowd ahead of the third set tiebreak.But his overly aggressive play in the breaker, including a forehand on match point that missed the line by the slimmest of margins, was his undoing.A beaming Thompson fired a ball high into the air in celebration after he notched hi...