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Flower Power, Part 2
Be sure to read last week’s Tip of the Week to thoroughly digest Part 1 of Flower Power to learn…
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Bobby Lane Wins REDCREST 2022 in Dramatic Finish
Four different anglers led the event at one point this weekend. The 2022 edition of Major League Fishing’s REDCREST was the third installment of the event and the first time a major outdoor expo coincided with the tournament. The host city for the event was Tulsa, Oklahoma, with the fishing taking place on Grand Lake […]
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I Shouldn’t Have Been out there – Azarenka Explains Controversial Retirement in Miami
The 32-year-old says that personal problems have been weighing on her of late. By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday March 27, 2022
Victoria Azarenka beat a hasty retreat in Miami, after falling behind 16-year-old Linda Fruhvirtova 6-2, 3-0 on Sunday.
The No.12 seed, a three-time champion in Miami, abruptly retired from the match, leaving her opponent, the umpire and fans wondering what exactly went wrong. The 32-year-old elected not to consult with on-court medical professionals and instead headed off court, leaving the umpire confused. “Vika, we need to wait,” she said.
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— Marty (@Svitoflopina) March 27, 2022
Azarenka did not give a post-match press conference but did release the following statement through the tournament on Sunday evening, saying that she has been going through personal problems and should not have been playing on Sunday.
“I shouldn’t have gone on the court today. The last few weeks have been extremely stressful in my personal life,” Azarenka said. “Last match took so much out of me, but I wanted to play in front of a great audience as they helped me pull through my first match. I wanted to go out there and try but it was a mistake.
“I hope to take a break and be able to come back. I’m sorry to the fans for what happened as you were great to cheer for me. It was the only reason I decided to step on the court. I always look forward to the challenge and pressure of competition but today it was too much. I have to and will learn from this.
“I would like to congratulate my opponent and wish her best of luck in this tournament and beginning of her professional career.”
Tiafoe: American Anthem Inspires
Frances Tiafoe points to a simple reason for 12 American men cracking the Top 100.
The Sunshine Double is popping with a red, white and blue hue.
Twelve American men currently reside in the ATP Top 100.
Kyrgios: Tennis Culture Changing
American No. 1 Taylor Fritz snapped Rafael Nadal's 20-match win streak to become the first American man since Andre Agassi in 2001 to win Indian Wells.
Seeing the success of compatriots compelled a simple response in Frances Tiafoe: If they can do it, why can't I do it?
Tiafoe, who swept Argentinian Juan Manuel Cerundolo to reach the Miami Open fourth round for the fourth consecutive appearance, said seeing Fritz, Dallas champion Reilly Opelka, Tommy Paul and Sebastia Korda positing positive results is major motivation.
"I think seeing guys that you grew up with doing well, you're like, Well, f–k, this guy can do it," Tiafoe told the media in Miami. "Sh-t, I grew up with him. I've beaten him how many times. Why not?"
Another encouraging element for Tiafoe is the absence of Big 3 champion roadblocks in Miami.
"We [Americans] genuinely want to see each other do well. It's good," Tiafoe said. "And then also finally there is a little opening in tennis. The big guys don't play every Masters, for example, this one. Big guys, you know what I mean, the big three.
"So there is a little space for guys. I mean, there was a while there where you go deep in an event, and you run into Rafa and them, I was, like, Yeah, I'm probably going home.
"But now guys can win it."
The 24-year-old Tiafoe has risen to No. 29 in the live rankings matching his career-high ranking.
Tiafoe will face either 22nd-seeded Gael Monfils or Francisco Cerundolo, the 23-year-old brother of 20-year-old Juan Manuel Cerundolo for a quarterfinal spot.
"I genuinely hope [Monfils] wins. We are such good friends," Tiafoe said. "I love seeing him play well and do well.
"He beat me last time, round of 16 in Toronto. I've got to owe him one back, for sure. It will be good. Crowd will get into it. It's definitely a popcorn match, for sure."
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Photo Of The Day By Susanna Patras
Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Spring in the Carpathians” by Susanna Patras. Location: Bicaz Lake in the Carpathian Mountains…
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Slow Cooker Rabbit Stew with Peas and Mushrooms is Easy and Delicious
Check out this great slow cooker rabbit stew recipe and you’ll appreciate the simplicity of the preparation when you taste the finished product. Rabbits – cute, fluffy, protein-packed, and delicious. In the United States, rabbit is not one of the most common meats to grace the dinner table, but it is a popular dinner staple […]
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Wild Turkey Conservation History: How Gobblers Made Their Historic Comeback
Wild turkey populations were once a sliver of what they are today. Hunters are often considered the original conservationists. They’re the people who lead the way on conservation efforts that combat habitat destruction and aid in wildlife restoration of species that have had their populations devastated. Whether it’s through habitat loss, poaching, or a loss […]
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Turkey Vest Essentials Nobody Talks About
Stay prepared this turkey season by checking out this list of turkey vest essentials nobody really talks about. Hunters spend plenty of time discussing the best gear for turkey hunting. Do you want a turkey vest that has enough storage compartments to hold every piece of gear you own? Or do you want a lightweight, […]
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Crow Hunting 101: How to Fool These Wiley and Intelligent Birds
Here’s what you need to know when you’re ready to do some crow hunting. There’s crow hunting and there’s eating the obligatory crow after a less than successful deer season. All kidding side, you may be surprised at how a crow or two can take you right back to your beginnings as a hunter; beginnings that […]
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Day 4 Preview: Medvedev Takes On Two-Time Champion Murray In Miami
Daniil Medvedev begins his Miami Open presented by Itau campaign hunting a first title in south Florida. If that wasn’t motivation enough, the top seed also knows that a run to the semi-finals will secure his return to the top of the ATP Rankings after just three weeks away.
Another former World No. 1 looms large in Medvedev’s path, however, as his clash with two-time champion Andy Murray headlines Saturday’s action at Hard Rock Stadium.
Medvedev won the pair’s only previous meeting in Brisbane in 2019 but the World No. 2 has not been past the quarter-final stage in three appearances in Miami. In contrast, Murray holds a 29-9 match record at the ATP Masters 1000 event and lifted the trophy in 2009 and 2013, although this is the first time he has played at the tournament since it moved from its former home at Key Biscayne.
Third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas is also in action for the first time this week as he takes on American qualifier J.J. Wolf. The pair met for the first time in Acapulco in February and Tsitsipas will be hoping for a repeat result – the Greek completed a 6-1, 6-0 victory in just 47 minutes in Mexico. World No. 167 Wolf will be full of confidence, however, after beating Germany’s Daniel Altmaier in the first round in straight sets on his Miami debut.
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Felix Auger-Aliassime will look to bounce back from a rare disappointment in 2022 when he takes on World No. 48 Miomir Kecmanovic. Auger-Aliassime suffered a second-round loss to Botic van de Zandschulp at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, but prior to that defeat had enjoyed a storming start to the year that included leading Team Canada to ATP Cup glory and clinching a first ATP Tour title at the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam.
His opponent on Saturday had no such problems in Indian Wells. Kecmanovic upset Marin Cilic and Matteo Berrettini on his way to the quarter-finals in California, but the Serb has never been past the second round in Miami. He has beaten Auger-Aliassime at a Masters 1000 event before, however, running out a straight sets winner at the 2019 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, the pair’s only previous tour-level meeting.
Hubert Hurkacz will step on court at Hard Rock Stadium for the first time since clinching his maiden Masters 1000 title at the same venue a year ago. The World No. 10 begins his defence with a first meeting with France’s Arthur Rinderknech, who beat Laslo Djere on Miami debut in the first round on Thursday. Hurkacz is seeking to become the first man to defend the Miami title since Novak Djokovic in 2016.
An even more recent first-time Masters 1000 winner also kicks off his Miami campaign on Saturday. Taylor Fritz ended Rafael Nadal’s unbeaten season to clinch the title in Indian Wells last week, the American fighting through an ankle problem to secure the biggest title of his career.
Fritz will hope he is back in good enough shape to improve his 2-0 ATP Head2Head series record with Mikhail Kukushkin. The World No. 159 set the meeting with Fritz by beating van de Zandschulp in the first round but has not been past the second round in 10 appearances in Miami.
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Another promising American, Sebastian Korda, faces Albert Ramos-Vinolas as the #NextGenATP star seeks to improve on his dream quarter-final run on debut in 2021. The man who beat Korda in the final of the Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals in November, Carlos Alcaraz, chases his first match win in Miami against Marton Fucsovics. Alcaraz beat the Hungarian in the pair’s only previous meeting in Cincinnati last year.
Also in action on Saturday are Denis Shapovalov and Jenson Brooksby, who both come into their second-round matches with 0-2 ATP Head2Head series records against their respective opponents. Shapovalov faces the big-serving South African Lloyd Harris, while Brooksby takes on World No. 20 Nikoloz Basilashvili.
ORDER OF PLAY – SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 2022
STADIUM start 12:00 noon
ATP – [1] D. Medvedev vs [WC] A. Murray (GBR)
WTA – [9] D. Collins (USA) vs [Q] V. Zvonareva
WTA – K. Muchova (CZE) vs N. Osaka (JPN)
Not Before 7:00 pm
ATP – [3] S. Tsitsipas (GRE) vs [Q] J. Wolf (USA)
Not Before 9:00 pm
WTA – K. Kanepi (EST) vs [8] O. Jabeur (TUN)
GRANDSTAND start 11:00 am
WTA – [22] B. Bencic (SUI) vs H. Watson (GBR)
ATP – A. Rinderknech (FRA) vs [8] H. Hurkacz (POL)
ATP – M. Kecmanovic (SRB) vs [7] F. Auger-Aliassime (CAN)
ATP – [11] T. Fritz (USA) vs [Q] M. Kukushkin (KAZ)
Not Before 7:00 PM
WTA – A. Li (USA) vs A. Riske (USA)
BUTCH BUCHHOLZ start 11:00 am
WTA – K. Siniakova (CZE) vs [WC] D. Saville (AUS)
Not Before 12:30 PM
WTA – I. Begu (ROU) vs A. Sasnovich
ATP – [32] A. Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) vs S. Korda (USA)
ATP – [12] D. Shapovalov (CAN) vs L. Harris (RSA)
ATP – M. Fucsovics (HUN) vs [14] C. Alcaraz (ESP)
COURT 1 start 11:00 am
ATP – T. Paul (USA) vs [23] K. Khachanov
ATP – [Q] Y. Nishioka (JPN) vs [24] D. Evans (GBR)
WTA – [LL] L. Bronzetti (ITA) vs [Q] A. Kalinskaya
ATP – [18] N. Basilashvili (GEO) vs J. Brooksby (USA)
ATP – [21] M. Cilic (CRO) vs A. Popyrin (AUS)
COURT 7 start 11:00 am
ATP – K. Majchrzak (POL) vs [15] R. Bautista Agut (ESP)
WTA – A. Guarachi (CHI) / Y. Xu (CHN) vs N. Kichenok (UKR) / R. Olaru (ROU)
WTA – [ALT] E. Alexandrova / Z. Yang (CHN) vs [3] S. Stosur (AUS) / S. Zhang (CHN)
WTA – [6] G. Dabrowski (CAN) / G. Olmos (MEX) vs L. Marozava / S. Santamaria (USA)
WTA – [DA SR] L. Siegemund (GER) / V. Zvonareva vs N. Dzalamidze / U. Eikeri (NOR)
COURT 5 start 11:00 am
ATP – J. Thompson (AUS) vs [25] A. de Minaur (AUS)
ATP – P. Martinez (ESP) vs [27] C. Garin (CHI)
ATP – [29] A. Karatsev vs U. Humbert (FRA)
ATP – A. Behar (URU) / G. Escobar (ECU) vs P. Martinez (ESP) / L. Sonego (ITA)
ATP – L. Glasspool (GBR) / M. Venus (NZL) vs [2] R. Ram (USA) / J. Salisbury (GBR)
COURT 2 start 11:00 am
ATP – R. Klaasen (RSA) / B. McLachlan (JPN) vs [3] M. Granollers (ESP) / H. Zeballos (ARG)
ATP – [4] J. Peers (AUS) / F. Polasek (SVK) vs S. Bolelli (ITA) / F. Fognini (ITA)
ATP – T. Brkic (BIH) / N. Cacic (SRB) vs R. Opelka (USA) / J. Sinner (ITA)
ATP – [8] N. Mahut (FRA) / F. Martin (FRA) vs [PR] A. Krajicek (USA) / E. Roger-Vasselin (FRA)
ATP – S. Gille (BEL) / J. Vliegen (BEL) vs I. Dodig (CRO) / M. Melo (BRA)
COURT 3 start 11:00 am
WTA – [OSE] A. Cornet (FRA) / J. Teichmann (SUI) vs [5] D. Jurak Schreiber (CRO) / A. Klepac (SLO)
WTA – [1] V. Kudermetova / E. Mertens (BEL) vs [OSE] J. Paolini (ITA) / T. Zidansek (SLO)
WTA – [OSE] P. Badosa (ESP) / A. Sabalenka vs A. Danilina (KAZ) / B. Haddad Maia (BRA)
WTA – A. Muhammad (USA) / E. Shibahara (JPN) vs [8] M. Bouzkova (CZE) / L. Hradecka (CZE)
WTA – [WC] B. Bencic (SUI) / A. Konjuh (CRO) vs [OSE] A. Kalinina (UKR) / E. Rybakina (KAZ)
One to Remember: Illinois Turkey Hunting with a QuietKat E-Bike
A trip to Illinois and my first Eastern turkey hunt made my introduction to QuietKat e-bikes memorable to say the least. I, like a lot of us, had been cooped up. The stretch from spring 2020 to early 2021 was unlike any period of time I’d lived through before, and I was itching for something […]
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How Beginners, Experts Can Improve Their Turkey Calling Skills
As someone who makes calls, I’ve spent a lot of time talking about how to call turkeys. I’ve heard a lot of hunting stories about what works and what doesn’t, and seen a lot of different types of calls. But at the end of the day, what really makes or breaks a turkey calling approach […]
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14 Best Fishing Shirts: No One Leaves This List Without One
Products featured on Wide Open Spaces are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our links, we may earn a commission. The best fishing shirts should be at the top of your gear list. At this point, you should know that the love of your life requires a new outfit for […]
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Lake Amistad Fishing: Profiling the Reservoir on the U.S.-Mexico Border
Here’s what you’ll catch and when to take your next fishing trip to Amistad Reservoir. Lake Amistad is a reservoir on the Rio Grande where it meets with Devils River, just out side Del Rio, Texas and about three hours west of San Antonio. On the American side is Amistad National Recreation Area, with the […]
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White Wild Turkey: The Causes and Odds of Encountering This Rare Color Phase
White wild turkeys are extremely rare animals. As turkey hunters gear up to hit the woods this spring, only a handful will likely experience one of the rarest sights in the woods. That is a sighting of a smoke-phase or white turkey. It seems like a handful are shot here in North America every year. […]
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Spring Washington Black Bear Hunt Cancelled Again in Narrow Commission Vote
Washington again votes down a spring bear season. There will not be a spring bear season in Washington in 2022 after the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission voted 5-4 against the season on March 19 after nearly four hours of public comment on the matter. The decision comes after months of deadlock within the commission […]
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Camping Cookware: What to Look For, and a Few Suggestions
The cookware that you need for that next level camping cookout is nearly as important as the food. Since you’re not going to just plop that big juicy steak onto any old grill or any old skillet, you’re going to need some camping cookware that works as well as what you use at home. There […]
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Preparedness Notes for Thursday — March 24, 2022
March 24th is the birthday of Dr. Arthur B. Robinson (of OISM fame) who was born in 1942. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 99 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: The photovoltaic power specialists at Quantum Harvest LLC are providing a store-wide 10% off coupon. Depending on the model chosen, this could be worth more than $2000. A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate. This can be used for any of their one, two, or three-day course (a $1,095 value), A course certificate from onPoint Tactical …
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