A PERSON
The first racket of the world again caught our attention - but in a somewhat unusual way, losing ground in the initial stages of the tournament in Indian Wells. Roger Federer has already tired everyone with his endless winning streaks - in the same Indian Wells, he won three years in a row. Now Roger seemed tired and decided to let the young frolic. The youth understood the hint and did not even let the old people into the finals. Maria Sharapova, who did not heal the injury, was not far from the first round either. Thanks to this, her difficult relationship with the first line of the female rating again came to a standstill.
MATCH
The duel between Svetlana Kuznetsova and a native of Austrian Linz, 26-year-old Sibil Bammer . After this match, Sybil will definitely not be called an unknown tennis player. She lost the match with Kuznetsova, but how she fought! Bammer, with all desire, can not be classified as especially gifted. She has only two virtues. First, she is left-handed. Secondly, she can pull out almost any ball. But such a rather poor instrumentation, as it turned out, can sooner or later lead to the semi-finals of the first category tournament. The main thing to remember is that patience and labor will grind everything. Returning to the tour after the birth of the baby (Bammer is the only mother in the tour), Sybil slowly but surely improved her position in the ranking, and now she is on the outskirts of the Top 30. One must think that in the near future it can spoil the mood of many notable rivals. Most tennis players tend to attack, and therefore tend to make mistakes. And the motto of Bummer is to endure and run, to run and endure. And she succeeds best of all.
RETURN
The victory of Daniela Hantuhova in the finals of the Pacific Life Open is, after all, the first title in 5 years. God forbid, not the last. If Daniela makes it a rule to win Indian Wells every 5 years, that would be nice too. Won Safin Big Helmets wins once every 5 years. But still I want Daniela to follow Safin's other example and win at least something else. We assume that the beginning has been made.
VIDEO
The last two games of the match Federer - Cañas. It’s worth looking at it - we’ll probably see this “bad” Roger very soon.
THE WORDS
Guillermo Cañas admired his modesty. After defeating Federer, he did not say that he was “playing a game” or something like that. Kanyas answered the questions of journalists with dignity: “I do not know how this happened. I just beat him. Do not ask for a recipe for victory over Federer - I still don’t have one. ”
NUMERAL
5th title on the hard by Rafael Nadal. Considering that on the way to the finals Nadal beat Andy Roddick relatively easily, one of the main geniuses of the fast court, it seems, you should already forget the “extremely unpaved past” of young Spanish talent.
Ksenia VITRYAK