Roddick over Soderling

Action continued at Indian Wells yesterday, where the men finished their semifinals. Nadal was a surprising loser, falling at the hands of Ivan Ljubicic in a third-set tiebreaker. In the other match, Andy Roddick was victorious over Robin Soderling, advancing to the final later today. I don't think he's ever won this tournament before, so that would be quite an accomplishment for him, in spite of the fact that he didn't have to beat Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, del Potro, or Murray. Murray was another surprising loser, coming up short against Soderling in the quarterfinals. For someone with as much talent as he has, some of his results are surprising. But I guess the whole Indian Wells tournament has been surprising in terms of the number of upsets. Now we have a final between the 7 and 20 seeds.

Nadal through to semis at Indian Wells

The Indian Wells tournament has been going on this past week, and so far there have been some upsets. For starters, Roger Federer lost to Marcos Baghdatis in the third round. It was a close, 3-set match in which Federer had 3 match points, but it was still a shocking result. Baghdatis then proceeded to lose in the next round. The Djoker was also taken down, by Ivan Ljubicic in the fourth round. He was the tournament's 2 seed, so now Rafa Nadal is the highest seed remaining. Nadal defeated Tomas Berdych last night in straight sets to advance to the semis, where he'll take on the aforementioned Ljubicic. Lurking in the other half of the draw are the two Andys, Roddick and Murray, who will end up battling each other if each can win his quarterfinal match. I haven't been able to watch any of the action, but I'm doing my best to follow the scores online.