Roger Federer 2017 Indian Wells

In the small hours of thursday morning roger federer demonstrated that his australian open triumph was not a one off and that rafael nadal s 13 year hoodoo over him is unequivocally at an end.

Roger federer 2017 indian wells. This season is regarded as one of the greatest comeback seasons of all time. Roger federer plays a few practice games with robin hasse. The 2017 roger federer tennis season officially commenced on 2 january 2017 with the start of the hopman cup and ended on 18 november 2017 with a loss in the semifinals of the atp finals. Roger federer heads to indian wells once more on the doorsteps of history.

Roger federer and rafael nadal will face each other for the first time since 2017 in the semi finals at indian wells. Roger needed just 68 minutes to dispose of long time rival today rafael nadal in the round of 16 at the bnp paribas open in indian wells california. Thus roger will not compete for the first masters 1000 crown of the season in indian wells reaching the final in his last five visits to the desert and lifting five trophies between 2004 2017. Federer reached the final last year and had three match points but juan martin del potro saved them all and won his first masters 1000 trophy.

The five time bnp paribas open champion can break a tie with novak djokovic for the most titles won at the atp masters 1000 event. Facing just one break point on his serve the swiss star played bold tennis and was rewarded with a 6 2 6 3 victory as the sun set in the california. Failed verification it saw federer return from an injury shortened 2016 season that saw him drop to world no. Swiss fourth seed federer 37 eased past poland s hubert hurkacz 6 4 6 4 in.

It was the 44th edition of the men s event and 29th of the women s event and was classified as an atp world tour masters 1000 event on the 2017 atp world tour and a premier mandatory event on the 2017 wta tour. The 2017 bnp paribas open also known as the 2017 indian wells masters was a professional tennis tournament played at indian wells california in march 2017. March 15 2017 indian wells california.