Men Tennis Update – Indian Wells Saturday, March 16, 2013

Written by: Staff on 15th March 2013

Men Tennis Update - Indian Wells Saturday, March 16, 2013

epa03603486 Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts during his match against Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain during the third round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis ATP Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 27 February 2013. EPA/ALI HAIDER |

Indian Wells

Singles – Quarterfinal: (1) N Djokovic def. (8) J Tsonga 6-3 6-1

It seemed to take about four games for Novak Djokovic to arrive on the court. Then — lights out. He didn’t lose a single point on serve in the second set. Djokovic is going to leave here with in excess of a 4000 point lead on his nearest rival. Tsonga will remain at #8.

Singles – Quarterfinal: (7) J del Potro def. (3) A Murray 6-7(5-7) 6-3 6-1

Maybe Roger Federer can take Miami off after all. For the moment, at least, his #2 ranking is safe.

This was truly a pitched battle, taking about two and a half hours, but Juan Martin del Potro was never broken. He broke once early in the second set, and repeatedly in the third, to become the lowest-ranked of the four semifinalists. At least, the lowest-ranked for now. He could still rise to #6 — if and only if he wins Indian Wells, beating Rafael Nadal in the final.

Andy Murray will keep the #3 ranking. And he’ll have another shot at #2 at Miami. But a slightly better performance here and he wouldn’t have had to worry about it….

Doubles – Semifinal: Huey/Janowicz def. Peya/Soares 7-5 1-6 12-10

This was a crazy match tiebreak. Peya/Soares were down 7-5, then went up 9-8 and serving, and couldn’t finish it off. This result doesn’t seem like it would have been the best practice for the final….

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