Indian Wells 2014 - 12 March

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STADIUM 1 Start 11:00 am

[10] Milos Raonic (CAN) v [5] Andy Murray (GBR)

Not Before 1:00 pm

[6] Simona Halep (ROU) v [Q] Casey Dellacqua (AUS)

[3] Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) v [17] Kevin Anderson (RSA)

[11] Tommy Haas (GER) v [7] Roger Federer (SUI)

Not Before 7:00 pm

[7] Jelena Jankovic (SRB) v [2] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)

Not Before 8:30 pm

[24] Marin Cilic (CRO) v [2] Novak Djokovic (SRB)

STADIUM 2 Start 11:00 am

[28] Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) v [13] Fabio Fognini (ITA)

[20] Ernests Gulbis (LAT) v Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)

[30] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) v [12] John Isner (USA)

Feliciano Lopez (ESP) v Julien Benneteau (FRA)

Not Before 5:00 pm

[1] Bob Bryan (USA) Mike Bryan (USA) v Nicolas Mahut (FRA) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)

Roger Federer (SUI) Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) v [4] Leander Paes (IND) Radek Stepanek (CZE)

STADIUM 3 Start 1:00 pm

[5] Cara Black (ZIM) Sania Mirza (IND) v [2] Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) Elena Vesnina (RUS)

[WC] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) Samantha Stosur (AUS) v Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)

[1] Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) Shuai Peng (CHN) v [7] Ashleigh Barty (AUS) Casey Dellacqua (AUS)

[3] Ivan Dodig (CRO) Marcelo Melo (BRA) v John Isner (USA) Sam Querrey (USA)

Some good matches today...

MoTD (IMO) - Dolgopolov v Fognini

Enjoy!

lags72 wrote:I seem to think (although my memory could be playing tricks, in which case laverfan will no doubt put me right .......  ) that in at least one - and perhaps more - of his majestic and multiple Wimbledon triumphs, a certain B. Borg came perilously close to exiting to a relative 'unknown' in a very early round ; perhaps even in R1.

No, it is not playing any tricks on you. There are separate instances, one against a certain Mr. Edmondson (of recent AO Championship fame) who was up 2 sets to love @1977 W, another against Amritraj in 1979 (that too a fourth set must-win TB for Borg - H-n refers to this one quite often). The more spectacular one is Victor Amaya in 1978 R1.

The pre-cursor - http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19790618&id=oS8dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Bp4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6769,4846967

The match - In 1978 Amaya led Borg, two sets to one and 3-1, 40-30, but let him escape in five sets.

http://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/25/sports/borg-and-mrs-lloyd-advance.html

There are some later ones against Gerulaitis and Connors which are much more famous.

So Federer dispatches Anderson in little more than an hour.

These far younger, bigger, harder-hitting guys really should be giving the old man a sterner examination.

Bogbrush commented yesterday that "I think Federer looks rubbish"

Ok, he might not be favourite to regain the title he last won here in 2012 (after knocking out Rafa in the semis IIRC) But it must seem a particularly unpleasant sort of rubbish to the likes of Mathieu, Tursunov, Haas, and now Anderson - all of whom fell to Fed this week, AND without managing to take even a solitary set between them ........  

Big server Anderson even got a breadstick into the bargain.

laverfan : thanks for Bjorn B links  

MODS : perhaps you could please move my preceding post (4.40am) to the March 13 thread where it will really belongs (got my dates mixed whilst following another topic .....  ). Thanks.

True, I did, though that was before the Haas match in which I thought him much improved. I didn't see last nights match but unless Anderson was awful he must have carried on.

I really enjoyed the Haas match for the aggression and hitting, of both guys - takes two to make great rallies.

Haas still having the best SHBH at 36 years old (in a few days)

Amazing.