Masters 1000

Miami (3R): del Potro cruises to easy win over #4 Soderling

Didn't expect this.  Robin Soderling didn't have a particularly good Indian Wells.  He lost to Phillipp Kohlschreiber in the 3rd round.  This was one indication that Soderling wasn't on top of his game and that del Potro would have a good shot of beating Soderling. Before del Potro was injured, he used to play Soderling

Miami: Federer, Nadal win matches. Roddick upset.

Last year, about this time, Roddick was having the best three weeks he's had since, oh, say, Wimbledon.  Despite the usual suspects of Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray playing both Indian Wells and Miami, all of them were upset somewhat early.  Roddick manage to slip through the draw and reach the finals of Indian Wells,

What’s Wrong with Andy Murray?

Last year, shortly after his loss to Roger Federer, Andy Murray was in full-mope mode.  He had not played much in the weeks afterwards.  He felt he was ready to take that next step, finally get the monkey off his back.  He was in his second Slam final, playing good tennis to get to this

Indian Wells: Roger beats Rafa! (…in doubles)

Ah, sometimes you want to play tennis so bad, that you hope a mini-excursion out will still leave you enough tennis to watch.  Except, alas, a 4 hour excursion left me missing both the Federer win over Wawrinka, then the rest of what must have been only an hour, followed by a doubles match that

Indian Wells: Nadal squeaks by Karlovic to reach semis

March 16 was a great day for tennis fans at Indian Wells.  All the men played fourth round matches. March 17?  St. Patrick's Day?  Not so good.  Two matches were skipped, one men, one women.  On the men's side, Tommy Robredo had sustained an injury while beating Sam Querrey.  He said he was unable to

Indian Wells: Federer vs. Nadal in the semis! (of doubles)

It's the dream matchup everyone wanted.  Well, almost.  Nadal plays doubles irregularly, but typically a bit more often than Roger Federer.  With the Olympics a year away, it seems many a top pro is using Indian Wells to practice their doubles skills.  Amazingly, Rafael Nadal and partner Marc Lopez are defending champs defeating then number

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