Thursday, March 7, 2013

Desert Paradise

Both tours have returned for the yearly trip which is the tennis paradise of Indian Wells. There many story lines this year Rafa Nadal has not played a hard court match since Miami last year although his comeback has had two titles on the clay of the Golden Swing, Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka have both not lost a match this year on way to two titles each. While Andy Murray has not played a match since losing in the final of the Australian Open and has not won a match at Indian Wells since 2010.

Women's Early Matches to watch: Draw
Laura Robson vs Sofia Arvidisson to play Julia Goerges.
Madison Keys vs Melanie Oudin to play Sam Stosur
Fran Schivone vs Maria Sharapova- Round 2

Doubles Pairings to watch: Draw
Sveta Kuznetsova and Flavia Pannetta
Petra Kivtova and Yanina Wickymayer
Julia Goreges and Yaroslava Shvedova
Andrea Petkovic and Angelique Kerber

Men's Early Matches to watch: Draw
Go Sodea vs Ryan Harrison to play Rafa Nadal
Ernest Gulbis vs Feli Lopez
Bernie Tomic vs Tomaz Belluci to play Richard Gasquet
Marcel Granollers vs David Nalbandian
Mardy Fish can play either Ben Becker or Bobby Reynolds in his first match since last years US Open.

Double Pairings to watch: Draw
Ferrer and Robredo play Isner and Querrey in the first round.
Grigor Dimitrov and Freddie Nielson in the totally random department
The Murray Brothers!
Feli Lopez and Milos Raonic
Tommy Hass and Xavier Malisse
Marc Lopez and Marcel Granollers- Marc won the title last year with Rafa.

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