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.
You might expect Stan Wawrinka to feel frustrated, maybe even upset. Here he is, 31 years old, tennis' retirement age decades ago, and still playing some of the best tennis of his life. On Sunday, Wawrinka played in his fourth ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title match in Indian Wells. Yet his friend and older countryman Roger Federer, who at 35, is four years older, is still finding ways to one-up Wawrinka for the game's biggest trophies. On Sunday, Federer beat Wawrinka 6-4, 7-5 in the BNP Paribas Open final. Wawrinka, though, said he bears no angst against his long-time friend. “No. From that side, I think it's more positive. That means you can still play your best tennis at...
1. NEW CONTENDERS ARE EMERGING FOR NO. 1 RANKING Andy Murray unseated Novak Djokovic this past October for the top spot in the Emirates ATP Rankings, but Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka are showing they may challenge for the top spot this season. While Djokovic and Murray have piles of Emirates ATP Rankings points to defend for the remainder of 2017, Federer has minimal points to defend during the clay-court swing and nothing in the second half of the year. He’s already established himself as the dominant player of 2017 by winning the first Grand Slam and first Masters 1000 title of the year. Meanwhile, Wawrinka’s early exits last year in Masters 1000 events seem to have been halted with...
