The seeds, they keep a falling. It was already something of a miracle that Djokovic got this far. After watching his game spiral out of control in the second set in the previous around against Philipp Kohlschreiber, Djokovic had to scrap to fight off match points, get a break of serve back and eventually win
Before we delve into this controversial topic, it behooves us to ask what it means to "play like a woman"? In it's most generic meaning, to play like a woman is to play without athletic talent. If you find a guy that's never thrown a football or a baseball, who prefers tango to tackles, saxophones
For about a set and a half, Federer looked like he was in control, at least on his own serve. When Fed would serve, he'd win quick points usually at 15, and be ready for his opponent. When Baghdatis was serving, Fed would make errors, as he is wont to do.  Fed then had a
As Indian Wells heads to the later rounds, most of the remaining matches are scheduled on Stadium 1, the main stadium. The organizers wanted Americans, Sam Querrey and John Isner, to be the evening highlight. Little did they know that there would be two tense three set women's matches that would push the start of
In 2008, Mario Ancic got mononucleosis and this forced him off the tour for the better part of a year. He's not played much in 2 years. Winning two rounds prior to this (Bobby Reynolds in the first round, Julien Benneteau in the second), was considered something of a success for Ancic, but he had
For a set, Novak Djokovic was cruising against Philipp Kohlschreiber, up 6-3, with Kohlschreiber making errors. But then, his game left him. He couldn't get his serves in. He was spraying shot. And suddenly he lost the second set, 6-2, and then was down 3-0 in the third with a point to be down two
If you were to ask someone who hadn't watched tennis in 5 years, how Andy Roddick plays, you might get an answer that is at odds with how he plays now. Roddick used to have a fearsome twosome: his serve and his forehand. Over the years, Roddick has learned an old adage about tennis, namely,
The big news of the day was someone who didn't play today. Nikolay Davydenko, who had been playing great tennis up through the Australian Open, withdrew from Indian Wells. It turns out he had broken his left wrist and is expected to take a few months off to recover. Last year, Davydenko had to take
Nikolay Davydenko announced just minutes ago that he is withdrawing from the BNP Paribas Open ATP event at Indian Wells, California. Apparently the lingering wrist injury that has given him problems for months is in fact a fracture that had been missed by his medical staff. Early reports are saying that he will be away
Today was the first day that the seeds played. There were few upsets on the day, but the most notable one was Marin Cilic losing tamely to Garcia-Lopez, 7-6(1), 6-0. Yes, he was bageled in the second set. Gilles Simon was the other seed that feel, losing to qualifier Brian Dabul of Argentina. Simon had
