Roger Federer insists he is unconcerned about his recent run of results, and insists his game only needs tweaking to be restored to his previous domination.
The Swiss star has not made a final this year and has suffered his worst start to a season since 2000 when he was still a teenager.
Federer has suffered with [...]
Rafael Nadal battled past James Blake in Indian Wells to set up a semi-final meeting with Novak Djokovic.
Nadal, the second seed, defeated Blake 7-5 3-6 6-3 to reach the last four where he will meet the Australian Open champion, who earlier beat Stanislas Wawrinka in straight sets.
The semi-final meeting will be a repeat of last [...]
Top seed Ana Ivanovic continued her impressive run at the Pacific Life Open this week by claiming a semi-final spot with a 6-1 6-4 victory over Russian Vera Zvonareva.
The Serbian won the baseline battle in just over an hour at Indian Wells to set up a clash with third seed Jelena Jankovic, who benefited from [...]
Roger Federer stormed into the fourth round of the Pacific Life Open in California with a straight sets victory over Nicolas Mahut.
The world number one and three-time champion wasted little time in dismissing his French opponent for a 19th consecutive time, claiming a 6-1 6-1 triumph in just 53 minutes.
Mahut, ranked 44th in the world, [...]
Daniela Hantuchova booked her place in the quarter-finals of the Pacific Life Open after the defending champion beat Sania Mirza 6-1 7-6.
Hantuchova, seeded fifth, broke in the second and fourth games to race through the opening set in 39 minutes.
After trading service breaks early in the second set, the elegant Slovakian broke again in the [...]
Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova was given a scare by Alona Bondarenko before maintaining her perfect start to the year at the Pacific Life Championship.
The Russian, who won in Indian Wells in 2006, has yet to lose in 2008 and clinched her 17th successive victory after seeing off Bondarenko 6-2 5-7 6-4.
Having eased through the [...]
Rafael Nadal scraped through his fourth-round tie with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Pacific Life Open, the defending champion coming from one set down and 5-2 behind in the third set to eventually win 6-7 7-6 7-5 on Wednesday.
The Spaniard therefore gained revenge of sorts for the Frenchman’s victory in the Australian Open semi-final at the [...]
Andy Roddick was sent crashing out of the Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells by Tommy Haas.
The sixth-seeded American had arrived at the Masters event in fine form, however he was broken once in each set as he lost 6-4 6-4.
Haas, who has now won seven out of his 10 meetings with Roddick, had endured [...]
Roger Federer bounced back from his recent disappointments with victory over Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3 6-2 at Indian Wells.
The world number one, who lost his last two matches against Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open and Andy Murray in Dubai, has not lost three matches in a row since the summer of 2002.
And the three-time [...]
Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova came through 7-5 6-3 against Eleni Daniilidou at Indian Wells on Sunday night.
The Russian fourth seed is now 16-0 in 2008, although she made hard work of her 25th ranked opponent.
Next up for Sharapova is Amelie Mauresmo’s conqueror Alona Bondarenko, but defending champion Daniela Hantuchova could still lay in wait [...]
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