Relive the best of the 2017 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, which ended with Roger Federer hoisting his record-tying fifth Indian Wells trophy. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Getty Images photo.
Look back at all 25 of Roger Federer's ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: Getty Images, from 2006 Indian Wells.
Only a brave pundit would have pencilled in Roger Federer as an early bolter atop the Emirates ATP Race to London just three months into the Swiss star’s comeback after a six-month lay-off. But after claiming the two biggest titles of the season to date, the 35 year old has already surpassed his own expectations for 2017. Victory over compatriot Stan Wawrinka in Sunday’s BNP Paribas Open final marked his 25th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title – his fifth in the Californian desert – and comes on the back of his shock Australian Open triumph in January. It will require a welcome rethink on goals for the year ahead. “For me, the dream run continues,” Federer said. “I'm not...
The length of a rally tells you a lot about the personality and mindset of the player controlling it. Roger Federer defeated Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 7-5 in the final of the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday by owning a very important slice of the match that most resembles the moves and countermoves of playing chess – the mid-length rallies of five to nine shots. Shorter rallies are all about striking first with the serve and return. Long rallies are all about patience and wearing your opponent down, both physically and mentally. Mid-length rallies are a thinking man’s game. This is where shot combinations come into play, and where Federer clearly gained the ascendancy in the match. 2017 Indian Wells Final -...