Roger Federer lost to Marcos Baghdatis in the third round of Indian Wells on Tuesday evening: 7-5, 5-7, 6-7(4).  Roger squandered two match points in the second set. He was up a break in the third. And he had a match point before the third set tiebreak! Unfortunately, Roger also had 46 unforced errors (to [...]

“This rivalry is intense!” Roger Federer joked at Indian Wells on Friday night, after Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi engaged in some verbal (and in Pete’s case, non-verbal) crossfire during their Hit for Haiti charity doubles match. It was a valiant attempt to break the tension and a subtle reference to the more mellow relationship [...]

WTA stars continue to drop in the desert like beads of sweat from Rafa’s furrowed brow (or the deluge from Kleybanova’s ponytail). Sharapova, Henin, Ivanovic and Kuznetsova disappeared during the first week. On Monday 3rd-seeded Victoria Azarenka was bounced by 28-seed Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez. No. 17 Shahar Peer took out No. 9 Flavia Pennetta.

No. [...]

Learning our lesson from Saturday’s standing room only Roddick/Blake vs. Murray/Hutchins doubles match, we camped out early on Stadium 2 on Sunday to catch wild card entrants Rafael Nadal/Marc Lopez vs. the third-seeded doubles team of Lukas Dlouhy/Leander Paes.  The wild cards won: 6-4, 3-6, 10-6. The result made me pity the doubles specialists of [...]

Here’s a nice video from the ATP showing Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick in action on the Indian Wells practice courts. It provides some insight into their autograph techniques as well.

Love the banner! (Click here for Roger Federer Banner-rama!)

Some nice behind the scenes photos from Hit for Haiti. I’m guessing that these were all taken before the guys played their match on Friday. I’m basing this on Rafa’s t-shirt, which he changed once he was on court. Also, everyone seems to be getting along!
“I know my fabrics, Rafa, and this is not 100% [...]

Saturday was a very busy day at Indian Wells – the sold out day session, the overflow parking situation and the epic bathroom lines were just the start of it. It felt like the entire population of Tennis Landia was trying to get inside Stadium 2 to watch Andy Murray/Ross Hutchins vs. James Blake/Andy Roddick [...]

Roger Federer talks to the ATP about Indian Wells. Interesting stuff from him on being “back on top” of the game and on Rafael Nadal’s recent struggles.

This puts me in the mood for a Nadal vs. Federer final next weekend! Am I going to get my wish?

Photo by Krist at rogerfederer.com
Federer Fan (and self-diagnosed “Rogerholic”), Kathy Woodward contributed this piece on the now-famous “Genius at Work” banner that follows her man around the world. Enjoy!
An Ingenious Idea
by Kathy Woodward
“Shhh!!! Quiet! Genius at Work”, has requested hush and silence over Federer matches for four years now. The slogan was inspired by a [...]

I thought I was witnessing the most awkward part of Day Three at Indian Wells when Maria Sharapova went down 1-5 in the first set to Vera Dushevina on Stadium 2. The crowd was groaning and wincing as she hit serve after serve into the bottom of the net. But then I heard a collective [...]

Okay – first of all, Rafael Nadal is not keeping the kinds of hours I’d expect of a Spaniard. Meaning, I totally missed it when he and Kim and Roger and Ana were all together on the practice courts on Thursday morning. I was still eating my breakfast! Thank goodness there are other crazed tennis [...]

We snapped a couple shots of the always-elusive Roger Federer shirt change.
The photos in the gallery are from two separate Roger Federer practice sessions at Indian Wells on Thursday. The morning session (gray RF shirt) included Ivan Ljubicic. Justine Henin practiced next door. Roger glanced over to observe JuJu’s strokes a few times during his [...]