Jeff Rosenberg

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Quarterfinals set at Indian Wells

The world's top tennis players are in action once again this week at Indian Wells, California. So far there haven't been any major upsets, although Nadal had a close match last night against David Nalbandian. He dropped the first set and won the second one in a tiebreaker. According to reports I've read, the match started pretty late and did not end until around 2am local time. Andy Roddick and Novak Djokovic also advanced to the quarterfinals, where they'll play each other. For some reason, they always end up being in the same section of the draw, at least lately. They played in the quarters of the US Open, again in the quarters at Australia, and now at Indian Wells. It would be nice if the "random" draw split them up every once in a while. At least they're not in the same half as Federer. I think a Djokovic-Nadal or a Roddick-Nadal match is more intriguing than either one against Federer, mainly because I've seen those matchups many times. More often than not, Federer comes out on top.