Andy Murray continued his tailspin with an early exit at Indian Wells.

March Madness tennis style officially begins today at Indian Wells.

The Indian Wells draw is out, Sean Randall offers his thoughts.

Andy Murray has withdraw from Dubai with a wrist injury.

Andy Murray can’t stop the rot, Raonic passes Blake in the night.

Slumping Sam Querrey loses another, Del Potro picks up a win and Murray returns.

Notes: Top-seeded Hot Sauce opens against American wildcard Rajeev Ram, to face the winner of Karlovic vs. Ryan Sweeting…Jamaican-turned-German Dustin Brown starts against “The” Donald Young, and (4) Malisse vs. Raonic…Verdasco is 5-0 career in San Jose, last year beating Andy Roddick in the final…Verdasco (2010) and Hewitt (2002) only returning champions in the field…No player has ever won three straight San Jose titles, but winning two in a row: Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, Mark Philippoussis, Pete Sampras, John McEnroe.

Notes: Four-time champ Fernando Gonzalez is missing with injury; draw looks like the Argentine Open, with seeds Nalbandian (vs. Barlocq) and Monaco (vs. M.Gonzalez) facing tricky all-ARG openers with practice partner countrymen; Bellucci beat Monaci in last year’s final; in addition to Gonzo winning the event four times, other notable past winners are French Open champ Gustavo Kuerten (2000) and French runners-up Guillermo Coria (2001) and Alberto Berasategui (1994).

Andy Murray press conference after his loss to Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final.

Sean Randall makes his pick for the Australian Open men’s title.