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Indian Wells Saturday Preview

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Rafael Nadal© Getty ImagesRafael Nadal opens his title defence on Saturday.

Second-round action begins Saturday at the BNP Paribas Open with World No. 2 and 2008 winner Novak Djokovic, World No. 3 and reigning champion Rafael Nadal, No. 5 seed Nikolay Davydenko, No. 8 Marin Cilic and No. 10 Fernando Verdasco leading the way.

American No. 2 John Isner and No. 3 Sam Querrey, the No. 15 and 17 seeds, respectively, are also on the schedule. Teenage wild card Ryan Harrison, who became the first 17 year old to win a main draw match here since Nadal in 2004, plays No. 20 seed and former World No. 3 Ivan Ljubicic for the first time.

Here is a look at Saturday’s second-round match-ups:
No. 2 Novak Djokovic vs. Mardy Fish: Djokovic leads 3-0
No. 3 Rafael Nadal vs. (Q) Rainer Schuettler: Nadal leads 4-1
No. 5 Nikolay Davydenko vs. Ernests Gulbis: Davydenko leads 2-0
No. 8 Marin Cilic vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez: Cilic leads 1-0
No. 10 Fernando Verdasco vs. (Q) Ramon Delgado: First Meeting
No. 11 Juan Carlos Ferrero vs. Daniel Koellerer: First Meeting
No. 15 John Isner vs. (Q) Kevin Anderson: Tied 1-1
No. 16 Gilles Simon vs. (Q) Brian Dabul: First Meeting
No. 17 Sam Querrey vs. Jeremy Chardy: Querrey leads 1-0
No. 19 Tomas Berdych vs. Florent Serra: Serra leads 1-0
No. 20 Ivan Ljubicic vs. (WC) Ryan Harrison: First Meeting
No. 21 Juan Monaco vs. Fabio Fognini: Monaco leads 1-0
No. 25 Philipp Kohlschreiber vs. Philipp Petzschner: First Meeting
No. 26 Thomaz Bellucci vs. (WC) Carlos Moya: First Meeting
No. 29 Viktor Troicki vs. Pablo Cuevas: First Meeting
No. 31 Julien Benneteau vs. Mario Ancic: Ancic leads 2-0

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SATURDAY SECOND ROUND HEAD-TO-HEADS – In Order of Play by Court
Stadium 1

(Q) Ramon Delgado (PAR) vs (10) Fernando Verdasco (ESP) First Meeting

DELGADO
Age (Birthdate): 33 (November 14, 1976)
Residence: Asuncion, Paraguay
ATP Ranking (Career-High): No. 165 (No. 52  – April 26, 1999)
2010 W-L Record (on Hard): 2-0 (1-0)
2010 Finals W-L: 0-0
Career Finals W-L: 0-1
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title: ’98 Bogota/Never Won Title
2010 Tie-Break W-L: 0-0
Indian Wells W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2nd Rd. – 2010)
Coach: None

VERDASCO
Age (Birthdate): 26 (November 15, 1983)
Residence: Madrid, Spain
ATP Ranking (Career-High): No. 12 (No. 7 – April 20, 2009)
2010 W-L Record (on Hard): 10-3 (8-2)
2010 Finals W-L: 1-0
Career Finals W-L: 4-6
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title: ’10 San Jose/’10 San Jose
2010 Tie-Break W-L: 3-3
Indian Wells W-L (Best Result): 7-6 (QF – 2009)
Coach: Father, Jose/Darren Cahill (part-time)

DELGADO FASTFACTS
Tournament Highlights:
* The veteran Paraguayan qualified into the main draw and rallied to defeat German Andreas Beck 67(2) 62 64 on Thursday to even his record here at 1-1
* In his previous appearance in 2005 he qualified and lost to Czech Jan Hernych 62 64 in the first round
 
2010 in Review:
* The 33-year-old native of Paraguay is making his first appearance in an ATP World Tour tournament this season
* He’s compiled a 6-2 record in Challenger play, reaching the semi-finals in Sao Paulo in January (l. to Schwank) and in Dallas last month (l. to Sweeting)
* He tried to qualify at the Australian Open and Memphis but lost in the second round in both

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
* He has a 9-13 career mar and made his debut in Miami in 1998 (d. B. Black), losing to No. 2 Petr Korda in the second round
* His best result is the third round in Miami (l. to No. 4 Corretja) and Montreal (l. to Santoro) in 1999

Miscellaneous
* In 1998, he finished a year-end best No. 56, his first of two Top 100 finishes (No. 92 in '01)…That year
* he became the first Paraguayan to reach an ATP World Tour final since Victor Pecci in 1985 as he was runner-up in Bogota (l. to Zabaleta)...Earlier that year he reached a career-best 4th Rd. at Roland Garros, defeating World No. 1 Pete Sampras in straight sets in the 2nd Rd. before losing to No. 15 Felix Mantilla...His best ATP hard court result was the SF in Indianapolis
* Last season he ranked a season-low No. 483 on Aug. 31 before finishing No. 203...He closed out the season with a title at the Puebla Challenger in Mexico...In October, he also captured the Challenger in his hometown of Asuncion

VERDASCO FASTFACTS
Tournament Highlights:
* The 26-year-old Spaniard last year reached the quarter-finals for the first time in six visits (l. to Federer)…He owns a 7-6 career record…Four of his losses have come to Top 3 opponents
* His previous best was the third round (after a first round bye) from 2006-08…He lost to No. 3 Roddick (twice) in the second round in 2005 and in the third round in 2006…Then lost to countryman and No. 2 Nadal in 2007

2010 Highlights:
W: San Jose (d Roddick); QF: Acapulco (l Monaco)

2010 in Review:
* The Madrid native captured his fourth career ATP World Tour title, the first indoors, in San Jose last month (d. No. 7 Roddick)…The win broke a 15-match losing streak to Top 10 opponents…He is 4-6 lifetime in ATP World Tour finals
* He opened the season with a 4th Rd. showing at the Australian Open (l. to Davydenko in five sets)
* Last month after his title in San Jose, lost in the 1st Rd. in Memphis (l. to Chardy) and then took a wild card into Acapulco where he reached the quarter-finals (l. to Monaco)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
* He has a 52-53 career record and his best result is the quarter-finals eight times, five coming last year -- Indian Wells, Miami, Monte-Carlo, Rome and Madrid

Miscellaneous
* In 2009, he finished a year-end best No. 9, his first Top 10 season-ending ranking…He won his third ATP World Tour title in New Haven and was runner-up in Brisbane and Kuala Lumpur
* He qualified for his year-end championship at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London, where he went 0-3 in round robin play
* He helped his native Spain to a second straight Davis Cup title by clinching tie with doubles win (w/Lopez) over Czech Republic

(Q) Rainer Schuettler (GER) vs (3) Rafael Nadal (ESP) Nadal Leads 4-1
04 Basel (Switzerland) Carpet R32 Rainer Schuettler 6-3 6-4
05 ATP Masters Series Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Rafael Nadal 6-4 7-6(5)
06 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard SF Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-2
07 Chennai (India) Hard R32 Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-2
08 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass SF Rafael Nadal 6-1 7-6(3) 6-4

SCHUETTLER
Age (Birthdate): 33 (April 25, 1976)
Residence: Altstaetten, Switzerland
ATP Ranking (Career-High): No. 90 (No. 5  – April 26, 2004)
2010 W-L Record (on Hard): 2-4 (2-4)
2010 Finals W-L: 0-0
Career Finals W-L: 4-6
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title: ’04 Monte Carlo/’03 Lyon
2010 Tie-Break W-L: 0-0
Indian Wells W-L (Best Result): 10-9 (SF – 2003)
Coach: Dirk Hordorff

NADAL
Age (Birthdate): 23 (June 3, 1986)
Residence: Mallorca, Spain
ATP Ranking (Career-High): No. 3 (No. 1 – August 18, 2008)
2010 W-L Record (on Hard): 8-2 (8-2)
2010 Finals W-L: 0-1
Career Finals W-L: 36-12
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title: ’10 Doha/’09 Rome
2010 Tie-Break W-L: 1-2
Indian Wells W-L (Best Result): 22-3 (Winner – 2007, ‘09)
Coach: Francisco Roig/uncle Toni (not here)

SCHUETTLER FASTFACTS
Tournament Highlights
:
* The German is making his 10th consecutive appearance and he qualified into the main draw before defeating Brazilian qualifier Thiago Alves 75 60 on Thursday to improve to 10-9 lifetime here
* His best result was the SF in 2003 (d. Roddick, l. to Kuerten) and QF in 2002 (l. to Sampras)…Did not pass the 2nd Rd. in seven other previous appearances
 
2010 in Review:
* The 33-year-old German (oldest in the tournament) is playing in his fifth ATP World Tour tournament of the year…Prior to this week his best result was the 2nd Rd. at the Australian Open (l. to Lopez)…He
fell in the 1st Rd. in other three events, at Chennai (l. to Devvarman), Zagreb and Dubai (l. to Troicki at both); fell in qualifying once (Rotterdam)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
* Has a 48-63 career mark with a runner-up (l. to Coria) in Monte-Carlo in 2004, his best result...Also a three-time semi-finalist -- '03 Indian Wells, Montreal and Cincinnati
 
Miscellaneous
* In 2009, finished in Top 100 for 10th time in 11 years (best results were two SF finishes, at Chennai and 's-Hertogenbosch)
* Has a 19-37 career mark vs. Top 10 opponents and the last time he beat a Top 3 opponent was over No. 1 Andy Roddick in round robin play at the Tennis Masters Cup in Houston in November 2003
* He reached a career-high No. 5 on April 26, 2004 and spent 70 weeks inside Top 10 between April 9, 2003 and August 8, 2004 (peaking at No. 5 for three weeks)
* The only active German to have reached a Grand Slam final (2003 Australian Open, l. to Agassi)
* Voted ATP Most Improved Player in 2003 and ATP Comeback Player in 2008
* Coached by Dirk Hordorff since 1992
 
NADAL FASTFACTS
Tournament Highlights
:
* The defending champion comes in with a 22-3 record and he is making his sixth appearance in the past seven years (except ’05 – injured)…Last year he defeated Murray in the final
* In 2006, he lost to James Blake in the semi-finals, captured the title in 2007 (d. Djokovic) and lost to Djokovic in the semi-finals two years ago

2010 Highlights:
F: Doha (l Davydenko); QF: Australian Open (l Murray)

2010 in Review:
* The World No. 3 is making his third tournament appearance of the season, the first since the Australian Open when he retired with a right knee injury in the quarter-finals (vs. Murray) on Jan. 26
* He has an 8-2 mark on the season (all on hard courts)…He opened the campaign with a runner-up in Doha (l. to Davydenko, held two match points)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
* Has an outstanding 157-33 career match record and a 15-6 mark in finals, winning at least two titles in each of the past five years (2005-09)…Won a personal-best four in 2005 and three each in 2007-08-09
* Has reached the final in eight of the current nine Masters 1000 finals (except Cincinnati)…He also won the former Masters 1000 tournament in Hamburg in 2008 and was runner-up in ‘07

Miscellaneous:
* In 2008, he became the first left-hander to finish No. 1 since John McEnroe in 1984, in addition to becoming first Spaniard as year-end No. 1 in history of ATP Rankings (since 1973)
* Became first player since Bjorn Borg in 1980 to win Roland Garros and Wimbledon titles in same year
* Captured his fourth straight Roland Garros crown (d. Federer) and became first player since Borg in 1978-81 to accomplish feat...Also first player since Borg in 1980 to win without dropping a set in Paris

Mardy Fish (USA) vs (2) Novak Djokovic (SRB) Djokovic Leads 3-0
06 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Novak Djokovic 7-6(5) 6-4 3-6 7-6(3)
08 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells Hard F Novak Djokovic 6-2 5-7 6-3
09 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R32 Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-4 6-4

FISH
Age (Birthdate): 28 (December 9, 1981)
Residence: Tampa, Florida
ATP Ranking (Career-High): No. 106 (No. 17  – March 22, 2004)
2010 W-L Record (on Hard): 7-5 (7-5)
2010 Finals W-L: 0-0
Career Finals W-L: 3-10
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title: ’09 Delray Beach /’09 Delray Bch.
2010 Tie-Break W-L: 3-1
Indian Wells W-L (Best Result): 13-8 (Final – 2008)
Coach: Christian LoCascio (fitness trainer)

DJOKOVIC
Age (Birthdate): 22 (May 22, 1987)
Residence: Monte-Carlo, Monaco
ATP Ranking (Career-High): No. 2 (No. 2 – Feb. 1, 2010)
2010 W-L Record (on Hard): 13-2 (11-2)
2010 Finals W-L: 1-0
Career Finals W-L: 17-11
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title: ’10 Dubai/’10 Dubai
2010 Tie-Break W-L: 2-5
Indian Wells W-L (Best Result): 14-3 (Winner – 2008)
Coach: Todd Martin/Marian Vajda (not here)

FISH FASTFACTS
Tournament Highlights
:
* The 28-year-old American is making his ninth appearance, playing every year since 2001 except ‘03
* He enters the second round with a 13-8 record after rallying to defeat German Michael Berrer 16 61 63 on Thursday
* His best result was a runner-up in 2008 when he defeated three Top 10s en route – No. 4 Davydenko (3rd Rd.), No. 7 Nalbandian (QF) and No. 1 Federer (SF) before falling to No. 3 Djokovic in three sets
* He captured the doubles title last year (w/Roddick), defeating Mirnyi-A. Ram 14-12 in match tie-break

2010 Highlights:
SF: Sydney (l Baghdatis); Delray Beach (l Karlovic)

2010 In Review:
* The Tampa, Fla. resident is playing in his sixth ATP World Tour tournament of the year (7-5 record) with his best results the SF in Sydney in January (l. to Baghdatis 7-6 third set) and Delray Beach (l. to Karlovic) last month…Fell from No. 73 to No. 108 on Mar. 1 after ’09 Delray Beach points dropped off (comes in No. 106) and last time he ranked outside Top 100 was May 8, 2006 at No. 113
* He fell in the 1st Rd. in other three events, at Brisbane (l. to Baghdatis), Australian Open (l. to Golubev) and Memphis (l. to L. Mayer)
* He captured his seventh career ATP World Tour doubles title in San Jose last month (w/Querrey)
 
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
* Has a 36-41 career match record and a runner-up twice – 2003 Cincinnati (l. to Roddick) and 2008 Indian Wells (l. to Djokovic)

Miscellaneous:
* In 2009, he maintained ranking between No. 20 and No. 30 for first eight months of season but New Haven was last event of year in mid-August…Missed rest of season after undergoing left knee surgery on Sept. 28 and finished outside Top 50 at No. 55
* Has a 15-34 career record vs. Top 10 opponents and his best win came over No. 1 Federer here in ‘08
* Reached a career-high No. 17 on March 22, 2004 and his best-year end ranking was No. 20 in 2003

DJOKOVIC FASTFACTS
Tournament Highlights
:
* The 22-year-old Serb is making his fifth straight appearance in Indian Wells (14-3 record) and he’s coming off a quarter-final last year (l. to Roddick)
* The 2008 champion (d. Fish) also reached the final in 2007, losing to Nadal 62 75…At the time was No. 13 and afterwards broke into the Top 10 on Mar. 19 at No. 10 and has been there every week since

2010 Highlights:
W: Dubai (d Youzhny); SF: Rotterdam (l Youzhny); QF: Australian Open (l Tsonga)

2010 in Review:
* The World No. 2 enters with a 13-2 match record on the season (11-2 on hard), winning his past seven matches since a semi-final loss to Mikhail Youzhny in Rotterdam on Feb. 13
* Last weekend in first round Davis Cup play in Belgrade, he won a four-set match against Sam Querrey and clinched the tie with a five-set victory over John Isner…Serbia will play Croatia in the quarter-finals in July
* Prior to that he repeated title in Dubai (d. Youzhny in three sets), his 17th career ATP World Tour crown…He became the second player in tournament history (since 1993) to win back-to-back titles…Federer won three in a row from 2003-05
* He opened the season with a quarter-final at the Australian Open (l. to Tsonga in five sets)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
* Has an 89-31 career match record and 5-6 in finals…He closed last year by winning the title in Paris (d. Monfils)…It was the eighth different ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final in his career (except Shanghai)
* In 2007, reached his first final in Indian Wells (l. to Nadal) and followed with his first title at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami (d. Canas)…Later that year, won the title in Montreal, defeating the Top 3 players in succession – No. 3 Roddick (QF), No. 2 Nadal (SF) and No. 1 Federer (F)
* In 2008, won titles in Indian Wells (d. Fish) and Rome (d. Wawrinka) while reaching the final in Cincinnati (l. to Murray)

Miscellaneous:
* In 2009, the Serb finished No. 3 for a third straight season by reaching a career-high 10 ATP World Tour finals (5-5)...He also led the circuit in matches played (97) with a 78-19 record and hard court matches won (53)
* In 2008, he captured his first Grand Slam crown at the Australian Open (d. Federer in SF, Tsonga in F)

Stadium 2

(5) Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) vs Ernests Gulbis (LAT) Davydenko Leads 2-0
08 ATP Masters Series Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Nikolay Davydenko 3-6 7-6(6) 7-6(3)
08 Beijing Olympics (China) Hard R64 Nikolay Davydenko 6-4 6-2

Davydenko FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: Doha (d Nadal); SF: Rotterdam (l Soderling); QF: Australian Open (l Federer)
YTD W-L: 13-3
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 20
Date of Birth: June 2, 1981
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 6

Gulbis FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: Delray Beach (d Karlovic); SF: Memphis (l Querrey); QF: Doha (l Federer)
YTD W-L: 10-4
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: August 30, 1988
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 45

(20) John Isner (USA) vs (Q) Kevin Anderson (RSA) Tied 1-1
08 Las Vegas (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Kevin Anderson 7-6(2) 7-5
08 London / Queen's Club (Great Britain)Grass R64 John Isner 7-6(5) 6-4

Isner FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: Auckland (d Clement); F: Memphis (l Querrey)
YTD W-L: 12-5
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: April 26, 1985
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 20

Anderson FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 1-3
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: May 18, 1986
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 127

Jeremy Chardy (FRA) vs (17) Sam Querrey (USA) Querrey Leads 1-0
09 London / Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass R64 Sam Querrey 7-6(10) 6-4

Chardy FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
QF: Delray Beach (l Fish)
YTD W-L: 4-6
Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: February 12, 1987
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 44

Querrey FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: Memphis (d Isner); SF: San Jose (l Roddick)
YTD W-L: 9-6
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 3
Date of Birth: October 7, 1987
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 22

Stadium 3

(16) Gilles Simon (FRA) vs (Q) Brian Dabul (ARG) First Meeting

Simon FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 0-2
Career Titles: 6
Date of Birth: December 27, 1984
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 21

Dabul FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 1-0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: February 24, 1984
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 175

(31) Julien Benneteau (FRA) vs Mario Ancic (CRO) Ancic Leads 2-0
04 Wimbledon (England) Grass R64 Mario Ancic 4-6 7-6(8) 6-2 5-7 6-4
06 ATP Masters Series Paris (France) Carpet R16 Mario Ancic 6-3 6-1

Benneteau FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
F: Marseille (l Llodra); SF: Sydney (l Gasquet); QF: Rotterdam (l Soderling)
YTD W-L: 11-5
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: December 20, 1981
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 37

Ancic FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 1-0
Career Titles: 3
Date of Birth: March 30, 1984
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 694

(8) Marin Cilic (CRO) vs Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) Cilic Leads 1-0
08 Zagreb (Croatia) Hard R32 Marin Cilic 6-2 6-2

Cilic FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
W: Chennai (d Wawrinka); Zagreb (d Berrer); SF: Australian Open (l Murray); QF: Dubai (l Melzer)
YTD W-L: 18-2
YTD Titles: 2
Career Titles: 5
Date of Birth: September 28, 1988
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 9

Garcia-Lopez FastFacts:
2010 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 1-5
Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: June 4, 1983
South African Airways 2010 ATP Ranking: 49

Court 4
 
(WC) Ryan Harrison (USA) vs (20) Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) First Meeting

Daniel Koellerer (AUT) vs (11) Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) First Meeting
 
(WC) Carlos Moya (ESP) vs (26) Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) First Meeting

Court 5

Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs (29) Viktor Troicki (SRB) First Meeting

Court 6

(19) Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs Florent Serra (FRA) Serra Leads 1-0
06 ATP Masters Series Hamburg Clay R64 Florent Serra 6-4 0-6 7-5
 
(21) Juan Monaco (ARG) vs Fabio Fognini (ITA) Monaco Leads 1-0
07 Roland Garros (France) Clay R128 Juan Monaco 3-6 2-6 6-1 6-2 6-4

(25) Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs Philipp Petzschner (GER) First Meeting

 

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