The score says 63 64. This would show a comfortable win over a difficult opponent. It looks like one break a set, but it was actually four breaks, two in the first, two in the second, with Rafa getting one break back in each set. The match was delayed a few hours because of rain
Not going to say too much here, but that when you have a big serve and can hit big off the ground, you give yourself a chance. Isner has improved his ability to run down shots. One difference between Isner and Querrey is Isner's fight. He can hit big when he needs to. Djokovic wasn't
Rewind the clock back to 2001, in the fourth round of Wimbledon, and you may recall a match between Pete Sampras and Roger Federer. By today's standards, it was a strange match. Both men served and volleyed extensively. Pete did so because his body couldn't take the pounding of playing at the baseline for any
The last three matches of the day were all pretty tough. Gilles Simon kept even in the first set, but ran away with the first set tiebreak over Ryan Harrison as Harrison got frustrated. He was up 5-2 in the second set, but Harrison won a series of games and took the second set. Because
Of the top four, Nadal has looked the most solid. In three matches, he has not dropped a set, and most of the wins have been comfortable. Dolgopolov was expected to be a tough guy to play. With his change of pace and big forehand, Dolgopolov troubles many opponents. But he produced too many errors
The top half of the draw played yesterday. Djokovic apparently has several Facebook accounts, one of which may not be accurate. In one, he said he was dropping out of Indian Wells and heading to Miami. In the other (and apparently, the official one), he was ready to head to court. And that he
For a long time, the British lacked good players. The last good singles player was a transplant, Greg Rusedski, who was Canadian, but had a English tie from one of his parents. When he realized Canada was even worse off than the UK when it came to tennis, he fled to the relatively money-rich British
With a bug going around at Indian Wells, players are trying to stay healthy. Federer apparently has some combination of a cold and flu, but it didn't affect the results against rising talent, Denis Kudla, who he beat 64 61. Kudla is a contemporary of Jack Sock (the two played as juniors). This was his
The last two years, Andy Murray went into a funk, after losing in the finals of the Australian Open. In 2010, he lost to Federer in the finals, then skipped Marseille, lost in Dubai to Tipsarevic. He did OK in Indian Wells, losing to Soderling in the quarterfinals, but lost early to Mardy Fish in
It was an improbable journey for both finalists at Delray Beach, as it often is. Two years ago, Ernests Gulbis won the event over Ivo Karlovic, and spearheaded one of his best starts in his troubled career. He would go on to beat Roger Federer and take a set off Nadal on clay which is
