Hey all, I don’t often post about non Federer related matches but I thought the Indian Wells final deserved a quick post as Rafael Nadal made the perfect comeback to Masters 1000 tournament play defeating Juan Martin Del Potro 4-6 6-3 6-4. I watched both Nadal’s semi final against big time choker Tomáš Berdych where he wasn’t overly impressive and ... Read More »
Hey everyone, sadly my pre tournament prediction came true as Roger lost rather easily to Nadal 6-4 6-2 in their Indian Wells Quarter Final showdown to bow out of yet another event rather tamely. After seeing the way Federer played against Wawrinka earlier in the week I didn’t have too many expectations for this encounter so it wasn’t too disappointing ... Read More »
Hey everyone, apologies on the delay on this post, the time difference screws me over a little as the matches finish late and I have to work during the day so can’t always get them done. Anyway onto last night’s match where Roger struggled through against fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka 6-3, 6-7(4), 7-5 in two hours and 20 minutes. It ... Read More »
Hey all, another routine match for Roger as he defeated Ivan Dodig 6-3, 6-1 to move easily into the fourth round. Not by any means his greatest performance and he was flattered a little bit by the scoreline but he was the better player over all and deserved to move into the last 16 where he will meet Stan Wawrinka. ... Read More »
Stunning start to his title defence from Roger as he dominated Denis Istomin 6-2 6-2 to make serene progress into the next round in just 58 minutes. No doubt if you were anything like me you weren’t quite sure what to expect after the disappointing loss in Dubai, of course I knew Roger wasn’t losing to Istomin but I wasn’t ... Read More »
The draw for Indian Wells is out with Roger on a collision course to meet his long time nemesis Rafael Nadal in the Quarter Final. I knew as soon as Nadal confirmed his place in the draw this tie would happen so I was hardly surprised. On paper it looks like a pretty tough draw for Federer especially after his ... Read More »
Hey all, it’s just over a month away but I thought I’d post some pictures of Roger Federer’s outfit for Indian Wells. Gotta say this is my favourite colour combination of the year to date. I wasn’t a fan of the Pink used in Australia and even though this is effectively the same polo it’s a way better colour. Even ... Read More »
Well what a weekend! Seen as though I didn’t have time to write up the Nadal match before the Isner one I’ll be combining both of them into this post. It was a dream weekend as far as Federer fans are concerned, Roger beat Nadal in great fashion and then went onto win a record 4th Indian Wells title against ... Read More »
Easiest match of the tournament so far for Roger as he dismissed Juan Martin Del Potro 6-3, 6-2 in just 69 minutes. He broke the Argentine 3 times and didn’t drop his own serve in a rather one sided match. Fed actually started pretty shakily and faced break points in the opening game of the match. At deuce he hit ... Read More »
Another battling performance from Roger saw him defeat the left handed Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to make the quarter finals where once again he will face Del Potro. (Anyone else bored of that matchup??) It was a lackluster performance from Roger really and against a better opponent he might not have been able to change the match around. ... Read More »
peRFect Tennis UK Tennis Blog