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5 things we learned from the Sunshine Double

By Siddhant Guru

MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA - MARCH 23: Roger Federer of Switzerland in serves to Radu Albot of Moldova during the Miami Open Tennis on March 23, 2019 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA - MARCH 23: Roger Federer of Switzerland in serves to Radu Albot of Moldova during the Miami Open Tennis on March 23, 2019 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) /
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MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA – MARCH 22: Dominic Thiem of Austria reacts during his match against Hubert Hurkacz of Poland during Day 5 of the Miami Open Presented by Itau at Hard Rock Stadium on March 22, 2019 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /

#5 – The ATP tour is widening…

This season has had 19 tournaments so far (not counting Miami) and it has had 19 different winners. The ATP tour, right now, is as open as ever.

Dominic Thiem, a long touted clay specialist won his first Masters on a hard court. Gael Monfils, who seemed to be going down quietly, is reinvigorated this year with many good performances so far. The clay season is just a few days away. We don’t know much about Rafael Nadal’s physical condition as of now.

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We do know that Roger Federer is only playing a select few tournaments during the clay season. And we also know that Novak Djokovic is a shadow of his former self in Best Of 3 set matches. Expect a lot of fireworks from April to June. That is, until Nadal wins it all, again…

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