Super Novak starts his bid for the third Indian Wells title.
The first match wasn’t expected a tough one (well.. after all he is the 1st seed!) and it took only 1h and 20m to defeat Kubot 6-3 6-2.
Fish was relieved by Seppi that had to retire while the American was leading 6-3 3-2 and Isner had to blast 14 aces to defeat Gil 7-5 6-3 in 78 minutes.
A ‘sunsetting’ Roddick had a ‘horrible’ win with Kubot by 4-6 7-6 (5) 6-3. He played so poorlu for 1 and hal hour that he sad
‘I couldn’t have hit a return into the ocean from the beach.I don’t feel like I’d stolen a match in a while and I did today. I got a let cord to break (for a 4-3 lead in the 3rd set) and it felt fantastic. I wasn’t sorry at all, even though I said I was.”
The good news is also that the new kid on the block (Harrison) did upset Troicki in straight sets.
