Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

During the second week of the Miami Open, we'll bring you exclusive photography from Anita Aguilar, who is covering the tournament for TENNIS.com. Steve Tignor provides the captions.

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Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

The tennis fans of South Florida were out early to get a glimpse of Novak Djokovic's morning practice session.

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Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Some were totally more famous than others.

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Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

David Goffin lines up a forehand. The Belgian was the day's first winner, over Horacio Zeballos; he reached his second straight Masters quarterfinal.

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Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Zeballos's run as a lucky loser finally came to an end, but not before he collected a potentially season-changing number of dollars and ranking points. For that he can thank Roger Federer: The Argentine got into the draw when the Swiss pulled out sick.

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Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Richard Gasquet shows his racquet to his opponent before he whips it around with his famous one-handed backhand.

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Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Tomas Berdych can finally exhale after two hours and 27 minutes in the muggy midday weather. He beat Gasquet to set up a Wednesday night quarterfinal with Djokovic.

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Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Darren Cahill came out to talk to Simona Halep, but the Romanian had her say as well.

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Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Andrey Kuznetsov of Russia had a mini-breakthrough in Miami, beating Stan Wawrinka before losing to Nick Kyrgios on Tuesday.

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Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Textbook strokes? Kyrgios doesn't need one to crush a forehand.

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Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

The Aussie won in straights to advance to the quarterfinals...

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Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

...and felt some love from the Grandstand crowd.

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Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Timea Bacsinszky did whatever it took—chop, slice, dice, loft—to beat Halep in three sets.

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Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Her reaction after match point said it all.

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Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Djokovic beat Dominic Thiem in two sets, but he had to bend himself out of shape to do it.

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Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Meanwhile, on the other side of the net, Thiem was wrapping his racquet around his neck on his forehand.

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Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Djokovic said he could see that his young opponent was "very motivated to win." So was the world No. 1.

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Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Gael Monfils took the stage in the late afternoon, and as usual he didn't disappoint.

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Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

He and Grigor Dimitrov ended the 10-hour day session with a shot-maker's showcase.

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Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

Photo Gallery: Miami Open Moments, Tuesday 3/29

As he had in their three previous matches, Monfils came away the winner. Can you tell?