Argentine Juan Martin del Potro advanced to the 2013 Indian Wells final with a stunning 4-6 6-4 6-4 victory over the world no.1 and top seed Novak Djokovic. The Serb started the encounter with more confidence than his opponent, taking Del Potro’s serve once to clinch the first set. However, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 Richard Gasquet entered round of 32 at BNP Paribas Open without losing a set. Reigning champion Federer put in a powerful performance to begin his Indian Wells 2013 campaign with a classy triumph against 43rd-ranked Uzbek Denis Istomin. The Swiss Maestro did not face a single break [...]
Lleyton Hewitt and Kevin Anderson ousted their seeded rivals in the second round of Indian Wells 2013, Jerzy Janowicz also advanced. Former top-ranked Australian Hewitt is in a fine form at BNP Paribas Open and he entered third round after overcoming home crowd favorite John Isner. No break balls were [...]
Bernard Tomic, David Nalbandian and David Goffin are through to the second round of Indian Wells 2013 ATP tournament. Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci had won his only previous clash against Tomic, yet the 45th-ranked Australian managed to make the head-to-head score level with a first round Indian Wells triumph. The opener [...]
Lleyton Hewitt celebrated a three-set victory, whilst Ernests Gulbis and Daniel Brands also booked their second round tickets at Indian Wells ATP tournament. In their first H2H confrontation two-time Indian Wells title holder Hewitt overcame 62nd-ranked Czech Lukas Rosol. The now World No. 98 Australian was victorious in years 2002 [...]
For full draw, please click here: ATP Indian Wells 2013 Draw The first Masters 1000 event of the year comes in the form of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. After defeating John Isner in the final last year, Roger Federer became the first player to win the tournament four times (2004, [...]
This year’s inductees into the International Tennis Hall of Fame features a diverse group of players. Three men who contributed much in helping to form the ATP tour, a legendary player from Australia and a former No. 1 who continues to have legions of fans worldwide. Despite being a controversial [...]
Winning a Grand Slam event puts a player into a select group separating him or her from the general mass of players. By definition, it is the ‘best’ players who win Grand Slam events and in so doing, become generally considered among the ‘best’ in the game. This circular logic [...]
For full draw, please click here: WTA Indian Wells Draw Often dubbed the “fifth Slam”, the BNP Paribas Open is one of the highlights of the first quarter of the tennis season. The mixed event, played over ten days, features the best players in the world competing for one of [...]
Top seed Novak Djokovic needed two sets to overcome Berdych in Dubai 2013 final and conquer the tournament for the fourth time. World No. 1 Djokovic lifted his fourth Dubai Tennis Championships trophy after beating his final challenger Tomas Berdych for the thirteenth time in his career – while losing [...]
