Andy Murray and Juan Martin Del Potro clinched fourth round Indian Wells 2013 victories and will meet in the quarterfinals. The third seed British player took on Carlos Berlocq of Argentina, ranked 85. Murray was not at his best in the opening set as he suffered a loss of serve [...]
The 29th installment in one of sport’s greatest rivalries will play out tonight at Indian Wells. Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, who have contested an open era record eight grand slam finals, meet at the quarter final stage for the first time in their illustrious careers; a demotion of sorts [...]
Rafael Nadal finally put an end to the winning streak of Ernests Gulbis, but not without an almighty challenge from the Latvian as Nadal finally edged it 4-6 6-4 7-5. Gulbis got off to a fast start holding to love and displaying some fine shotmaking but struggled to find any [...]
Top seed Novak Djokovic rolls on at Indian Wells 2013 and enters quarterfinals after brushing aside local favorite Sam Querrey. Top-ranked Djokovic seems to be invincible at the moment, claiming ATP titles week in week in out. He demonstrated his superiority again in the fourth round clash against 23rd-seed home [...]
The first quarter final match at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells was played on Wednesday between Czech 5th seed Petra Kvitova and 13th seed Maria Kirilenko of Russia. The Russian served first and games went with serve until she broke to lead 4-2, but the Czech then turned [...]
Roger Federer was far from his best today, but eventually came out on top in an exciting three set contest against Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3 6-7 7-5. Boasting a 14-1 record over his fellow Swiss, he got off to a bad start as he was broken in the opening game of the [...]
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga edged out Raonic after a set down, while Kevin Anderson upset Simon to advance into Indian Wells 2013 quarterfinals. 17th-seed Milos Raonic came strong into the fourth round match against eighth-seeded Frenchman Tsonga. He created five break ball chances and converted one of them to make it 4-2 [...]
It was a rather short homecoming for some of America’s top tennis players at this week’s BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California. Both top U.S. seeds John Isner, who was a finalist at the event last year, and Sloane Stephens lost their opening round matches. But while they gave [...]
Top seed Novak Djokovic marches on at Indian Wells 2013, Juan Martin Del Potro also made it to the fourth round. The unstoppable Serb champion brushed aside another opponent and has got one step closer to landing his third Indian Wells title. 31st-seed Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria was nevertheless a [...]
Milos Raonic, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Sam Querrey pulled through to the fourth round of Indian Wells ATP tournament. 17th-seeded Canadian Raonic and 12th seed Marin Cilic of Croatia played a match where break point opportunities were few and far between. The Croat faced only two, both of which he failed [...]
Italian 6th seed Sara Errani’s incredible run as the leading match winner of the 2013 season to date continued on day seven of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells on Tuesday, when she comfortably defeated the 9th seed from France, Marion Bartoli, to score her 21st win this year [...]
Looking back over the Grand Slam statistics since the advent of Open Tennis 45 years ago, most of those who would have been expected to have won a Grand Slam singles did so. It is hard to detect anyone unfairly deprived of such kudos. Many very good players have, indeed, [...]
Roger Federer and Tomas Berdych reach the fourth round of Indian Wells ATP tournament in straight sets, Rafael Nadal given a walkover. Defending champion Federer was hardly tested in his first encounter with unseeded Croat Ivan Dodig. The third seed Swiss got in trouble in his first service game when [...]
Andy Murray advanced in three sets, whilst Juan Martin Del Potro and Carlos Berloq are also through to the third round of Indian Wells 2013. Third-seeded Murray did not excel in the opening set of his second round clash against 83rd-ranked Russian Evgeny Donskoy. He was surprisingly broken two times [...]
