Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic in the exhibition match in Colombia – 7-6, 6-3
After a late arrival (7am instead of midnight) due to weather conditions, the two played with a lot of intensity and a few smiles and jokes along the way.
Nole asked for the organisers to play “Gypsy”, and showed off his dancing skills with the assistants, to make fun of Rafa, who took the gently ribbing with laughter.
In the press conference, Nadal made it clear how he considered Nole to be his main candidate for taking over the number one position.
“Many thanks for the warm welcome you have given us. The exhibition was great!”, he said before heading to dinner tonight in Bogota.
Nadal flies out to Miami on Tuesday for the next ATP Masters Series 1000 event.
Rafa and Nole – Twice in about 24 hours, chance for Nadal to revenge the Indian Wells defeat
First in the Indian Wells final, into the private jet to fly to Bogotá, then an exhibition match in Colombia and back up to Miami!
The exhibition match, which has been described as the “most important event in the history of tennis in Colombia,” will be played on a hard-court and is a best of three sets. It starts at 5pm Bogotá time, which is 10pm GMT.
The date was carefully chosen by the players to fit in between the Indian Wells and Sony Ericsson tournaments coming up on the North American hardcourt section of the ATP tour.
UPDATE – Djokovic beat Nadal: 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Congratulations to Novak Djokovic, Indian Wells champion for 2011!
Now Rafa and Nole will be getting on the private jet, heading to Monday’s rematch in the exhibition in Bogotá, Colombia, before returning to the Miami Master Series later in the week.
Option 1 – Indian Wells Tennis – Live TV – Excellent, English
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Juan Martin Del Potro - Link to ATP Player Profile
UPDATE – Nadal won 6-4, 6-4 and Djokovic won 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. Federer and Wawrinka lost the doubles, 6-4, 6-7(5), 10-7
Rafael Nadal lost the last three matches he played against Juan Martin Del Potro, but still leads the head-to-head 4-3 – it will be a close one today, hope to see Rafa scrape through.
Roger Federer is also looking to break some winning streaks – Novak Djokovic has won his last 18 matches straight – and the last two against the Swiss – though Fed still leads the head-to-head, 13-8.
Once he has had a rest, Federer will come back to the court with Stanislas Wawrinka, to see if the Olympic champions can claim the Indian Wells doubles title against Alexandr Dolgopolov and Xavier Malisse.
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Indian Wells – BNP Paribas Open – Live Tennis on TV Streams (Free)
Rafael Nadal vs Juan Martin Del Potro, Saturday 11am local time (6pm GMT) followed by:
Roger Federer vs Novak Djokovic, after about 1pm local time (8pm GMT)
Roger Federer/Stanislas Wawrinka vs Xavier Matisse/Alexandr Dolgopolov, after 4pm local time (11pm GMT)
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UPDATE: Federer won 6-3, 6-4, then with Wawrinka he reached the doubles final with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Nadal and Lopez
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A strange day ahead for friends and Swiss compatriots Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka.
First they play against each other for a spot in the semifinal, then they return to the court together to face none other than Rafael Nadal and Marc Lopez in the double’s tournament. Talk about switching sides!
Federer has a 7-1 lead over Wawrinka in the singles head to head.
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Indian Wells – BNP Paribas Open – Live Tennis on TV Streams (Free)
Roger Federer vs Stanislas Wawrinka, Friday, after 3pm local time (10pm GMT)
Roger Federer/Stanislas Wawrinka vs Rafael Nadal/Marc Lopez, after 6pm local time (1am Saturday morning GMT)
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UPDATE – Nadal fought back to win 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 while Federer and Wawrinka won 6-1, 7-5 in doubles.
Rafael Nadal’s match against Croatian Ivo Karlovic will be the toughest challenge yet at Indian Wells for the Mallorcan this year.
Although he is ranked only 239 in the world right now, that is due to the six months Karlovic was out and recovering from injury in 2010. Rafa has always had a tough time overcoming the big server, who is a former top twenty player.
Nadal has a 3-0 in the head to head – all have been well contested matches.
Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka finally get their chance to play for a spot in the semis. If they can beat Mark Knowles of the Bahamas and Michal Mertinak (Slovakia) we will be able to look forward to them playing Nadal and Lopez.
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Indian Wells – BNP Paribas Open – Live Tennis on TV Streams (Free)
Roger Federer/Stanislas Wawrinka vs Mark Knowles/Michal Mertinak, Thursday, after 4pm local time (11pm GMT)
Rafael Nadal vs Ivo Karlovic, Thursday, not before 7pm local time (2am Thursday morning GMT)
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Rafael Nadal will play a third qualifier in a row, Indian Somdev Devvarman for the first time.
The Indian had the pleasure of facing Roger Federer early this year in Dubai (he lost) and now has a chance to face the world No. 1. Devvarman is ranked 84th in the world.
Roger Federer will have a similar match, against the young 152nd ranked Ryan Harrison meeting for the first time.
Doubles action returns tomorrow.
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Indian Wells – BNP Paribas Open – Live Tennis on TV Streams (Free)
Rafael Nadal vs Somdev Devvarman, Wednesday, not before 7pm local time (2am Thursday morning GMT)
Roger Federer vs Ryan Harrison, immediately following Nadal match
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UPDATE – Match over, Federer won 6-0, 6-2 and in doubles, Nadal and Lopez won 7-5 6-7(3), 10-8
Roger Federer has a 5-0 in the head to head, which dates back to 2002, so the 31 year old Argentinian will have to come up with something very special to top Roger today.
Also today – Rafael Nadal and partner Marc Lopez will play doubles, and if they win will go into the semifinals where their opposition could possibly be Roger Federer with his compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka . Just a win away for either pair…
L Dlouhy (CZE) / P Hanley (AUS) vs M Lopez (ESP) / R Nadal (ESP) – ATP
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Indian Wells – BNP Paribas Open – Live Tennis on TV Streams (Free)
Roger Federer vs Juan Ignacio Cela, Tuesday second match of the afternoon session, after perhaps 2:00pm local time, 9:00pm GMT
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Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic in the exhibition match in Colombia – 7-6, 6-3
. Just a win away for either pair…
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