Archive for the 'Indian Wells' Category
March 23rd, 2008
Tennis-X Notes: Sharapova Says No to Miami, Kournikova Sued
HE READS BOOKS TOO: Mardy Fish after beating Roger Federer last week in Indian Wells: “Actually when I won that first set I remembered something from James’ (Blake’s) book. It was a quote from [Fish's former coach] Todd Martin who told him, ‘If you can win one set, you can win two.’ So I stuck [...]
Posted by Staff @ 9:08 pm in American tennis, ESPN, Indian Wells, Miami, Novak Djokovic, Tennis, Todd Martin | 47 Comments »
March 22nd, 2008
No Joke, a Fish Swallows Federer Whole in Indian Wells Desert
Yes, the tennis Madness in March continues. In this year of unpredictability, the unpredictable has happened again, this time courtesy of Mardy Fish, who destroyed Roger Federer 6-3, 6-2 this afternoon in the semifinals of the Indian Wells Tennis Masters Series.
Posted by Sean Randall @ 6:58 pm in Indian Wells | 129 Comments »
March 20th, 2008
Nadal Avenges Tsonga Loss, Blake Next
n spirit of March Madness, we had some good old fashioned bracket bustin’ going on yesterday at Indian Wells with James Blake, Mardy Fish and Tommy Haas scoring upsets.
Posted by Sean Randall @ 11:55 am in Indian Wells | 156 Comments »
March 19th, 2008
Nadal Out for Revenge Against Tsonga Today at Indian Wells
If you are a tennis junkie or just a casual tennis observer, either way you have to be pretty impressed by the product Indian Wells is putting out there today.
Posted by Sean Randall @ 12:17 pm in Indian Wells | 107 Comments »
March 17th, 2008
Here at the Pacific Life Open on this wonderfully cluttered middle weekend, thousands of fans are milling into the side courts, the air is thin, the wind is blowing strong and top seeds like Rafael Nadal and Ana Ivanovic are grubbing their way through early round matches. Dozens more are practicing on the outer courts.
Posted by TennisOne @ 4:40 pm in Indian Wells | 65 Comments »
March 17th, 2008
Haas Hammers Not Hot Roddick; FSN Tries to Cover Tennis
I didn’t know it but apparently what happens in Dubai, stays in Dubai. Evidence, Andy Roddick, who looked like, no, who was a world beater just a week ago in desert in the Middle East, but found no such form in the desert of California Sunday after getting dismantled by nemesis Tommy Haas 64, 64.
Posted by Sean Randall @ 12:21 pm in Indian Wells, Tennis on TV, Tommy Haas | 13 Comments »
March 13th, 2008
How Healthy is Federer? How Good is Roddick? TBD at Indian Wells
People love talking about how some players always seem to get the easy draw. And based on my experience and what I’ve heard, Andy Roddick is usually in that conversation.
Posted by Sean Randall @ 9:44 am in Indian Wells | 85 Comments »
March 10th, 2008
Tennis-X Notes: Federer Doesnt Ride the Bus, Sarcastic Roddick
TENNIS-X NEWS, NOTES, QUOTES AND BARBS
World No. 1 Roger Federer has been pumped about the Beijing Olympics, but now the Swiss is backing off on his commitment to play based on painful memories of past Olympics where he actually had to sit next to people in transportation and talk to other athletes: “It was quite [...]
Posted by Staff @ 9:06 am in Dubai, Indian Wells, Lindsay Davenport | 70 Comments »
February 8th, 2008
Indian Wells, Miami Tennis Events No Longer on ESPN
With countless hours of Indian Wells and Miami broadcast on ESPN, for many years tennis fans have long had their very own version of March Madness.
Posted by Staff @ 1:02 pm in ESPN, Indian Wells, Miami | 34 Comments »
March 15th, 2007
Is anyone still paying attention that there’s a tournament going on in California this week? Some interesting stuff actually transpired in the past few seemingly lackluster days including a thinned out draw; Lindsay Davenport’s official, albeit weird, retirement announcement; and the announcement of an Andre Agassi-Marcelo Rios exo in a few weeks, where Agassi made [...]
Posted by Lynn Berenbaum @ 3:25 pm in ESPN, Indian Wells, Tommy Haas | 13 Comments »
