Ivan Ljubicic entered into the BNP Paribas Open as a seeded No.20 defeated seventh seeded American star Andy Roddick with 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-5).

American No.1 Star player Andy Roddick again disappointed all American fans with his poor performance. Everytime this star player will play good in all the rounds, after reaching the final he will raise the hands. This is the second time lossing in the finals in the year 2010.

Ivan Ljubicic, a 31-year-old player hit 20 aces and 42 winners to seal a 10th ATP title in just over two hours. This veteran player also defeat World No.2 and No.3 players such as Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal on his way to reach the final.

Ivan Ljubicic had lost his three previous Masters Series finals but hold strongly this time.

Venue: Indian Wells Tennis Garden

Time: 11:00 A.M

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Serbian star player Novak Djokovic is ready show his dominance against Philipp Kohlschreiber in the BNP Paribas Open 2010 match on Monday.

Novak Djokovic has won one Grand Slam singles title, the 2008 Australian Open. After beating World No. 1 and defending champion Roger Federer in the semi-finals, Djoković defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final, becoming the first player representing Serbia to win a Grand Slam singles title and the youngest player in the open era to have reached the semifinals of all four Grand Slam events.

At the 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships, he defeated Russian Mikhail Youzhny 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 to win his first tournament of the year. It is the first time Djokovic has defended a title, after winning it in 2009.

At the 2010 Davis Cup first round against Serbia vs. USA (on a clay surface), he helped his Serbian team reach the quarterfinals (clinching the penultimate tie at 3-1, but 3-2 including dead rubber matches). In his singles matches, he beat Sam Querrey in four sets, and John Isner in five sets.

Venue: Indian Wells Tennis Garden

Time: 11:00 A.M

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On Monday, Former World No.1 Rafael Nadal will face Mario Ancic in BNP Paribas Open 2010 match at Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

Nadal has won six Grand Slam singles titles, the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles, 15 ATP Masters Series tournaments and also was part of the Spain Davis Cup team that won the finals in 2004 and 2009.

Nadal was ranked World No. 1 from 18 August 2008 to 5 July 2009. Nadal was ranked World No. 2, behind Roger Federer for a record 160 weeks before earning the top spot.[4] In 2009, he became the first player to simultaneously hold Grand Slam titles on clay, grass and hardcourt. His success on clay has earned him the nickname “The King of Clay”.

In 2010 Australian Open, Nadal defeated Peter Luczak of Australia 7-6(0), 6-1, 6-4. In the second round, he beat Lukas Lacko 6-2, 6-2, 6-2. In the third round, he was tested by Philipp Kohlschreiber, finally beating him 6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5. In the fourth round, he again, survived a testy scare situation to beat Ivo Karlovic of Croatia, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. In the quarter-finals, Nadal pulled out at 3-0 down in the third set against Andy Murray, having lost the first two sets 6-3, 7-6(2). At the end of this tournament, Nadal lost his World No. 2 ranking to Novak Djokovic; meanwhile, Andy Murray moved forward to World No. 3.

Venue: Indian Wells Tennis Garden

Time: 11:00 A.M

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On Sunday, Jie Zheng will be facing former World No.1 Maria Sharapova in the BNP Paribas Open 2010 match at Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

Maria Sharapova won three Grand Slam Championship titles in her career so far and currently at World No.13 in the World tennis rankings.

Maria Sharapova won her first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in 2004 at the age of 17. In the two years that followed, Sharapova won eight titles on the WTA Tour and had two brief stints as the World No. 1. However, she lost all five Grand Slam semifinals she played during this period. She ultimately won her second Grand Slam title at the 2006 US Open.

In February, Sharapova competed in the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, where she was the top seed. She reached the final without dropping a set, where she crushed 2006 champion Sofia Arvidsson 6–2 6–1 to win her 21st career WTA title and her first title of the year.

At the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Sharapova was seeded 10th. After receiving a bye in the 1st round, Sharapova came from 6–4, 5–3 down to defeat Vera Dushevina in the 2nd round, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2.

Venue: Indian Wells Tennis Garden

Time: 11:00 A.M

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World No.1 Roger Federer will play against Victor Hanescu in the BNP Paribas Open 2010 match on Sunday.

Many sports analysts, tennis critics, former and current players consider Federer to be the greatest tennis player of all time. Federer has won 16 Grand Slam singles titles, more than any other male player. He is the last of six male players to have captured the career Grand Slam, one of only three since the beginning of the Open Era and one of only two male players in history to have won all four Grand Slam titles on three different surfaces like clay, grass and hard courts.

Federer has appeared in an unprecedented 22 career Grand Slam finals, and as of January 2010, he has reached the semi-finals or better of the last 23 Grand Slam tournaments, a record streak that spans over six years.

Federer also holds the record of reaching 10 consecutive Grand Slam finals and has appeared in 18 of the last 19. Federer has won 4 ATP World Tour Finals and 16 ATP Masters Series tournaments, one fewer than all time winners Andre Agassi.

Venue: Indian Wells Tennis Garden

Time: 11:00 A.M

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On Sunday, Yen-Hsun Lu will be facing former No.1 star player, Andy Roddick in the BNP Paribas Open 2010 match.

Andy Roddick became Grand Slam singles champion when he won the title at the 2003 US Open. Roddick has reached four other Grand Slam finals with Wimbledon three times and the US Open once, losing to Roger Federer each time. Roddick is known for his powerful serves and holds the fastest serve recorded in professional tennis, measured at 155 mph.

Roddick entered the 2010 Australian Open as the seventh seed. He defeated Thiemo de Bakker, Thomaz Bellucci and Feliciano Lopez, and then defeated World No.11 Fernando Gonzalez 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 7-5, and 6-2 to reach his sixth career Australian Open quarterfinal and raise his career record against Gonzalez to 9-3. In the quarterfinals, he faced World No.14 Marin Cilic, and despite coming back from two sets down while battling an apparent shoulder injury, Roddick lost 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 3-6 2-6 6-3.

Venue: Indian Wells Tennis Garden

Time: 11:00 A.M

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On Sunday, World No.4 player Andy Murray will play against Andreas Seppi in the BNP Paribas Open 2010 match at Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

Andy Murray has reached two Grand Slam finals, finishing runner-up to Roger Federer both times at the 2008 US Open and the 2010 Australian Open.

Murray and Laura Robson represented Great Britain at the Hopman Cup in the year 2010. The pair reached the final and was beaten by Spain. He beat Russia’s Igor Kunitsyn in the first round of the 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships 6-2 6-3 but was defeated in the second round by Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 7-6(7-3) 4-6 6-4.

Venue: Indian Wells Tennis Garden

Time: 11:00 A.M

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On Saturday, World No.1 Kim Clijsters is ready to show her dominance against Barbora Zahlavova Strycova in the BNP Paribas Open 2010 match at Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

Kim Clijsters has won 36 WTA singles titles and 11 WTA doubles titles. She won the US Open singles title in 2005 and 2009. She has also won the WTA Tour Championships singles title in 2002 and 2003. In doubles, she’s won the French Open and Wimbledon titles in 2003.

In May, Clijsters failed to defend her title in Warsaw, losing in the second round to Julia Vakulenko 7–6(3), 6–3. This was Clijsters’s last professional match until 2009. On 6 May 2007, citing injuries, Clijsters announced on her official website that she was retiring from professional tennis immediately.

Two years later, on 26 March 2009, she officially announced during a press conference, that wildcards for the Cincinnati and Toronto tournaments had been granted to her. Additionally, she said she would be playing in this year’s US Open, after which she plans to evaluate the comeback in terms of success and the feasibility of combining it with her family life. Clijsters also stated that she preferred to think of it as a “second career” instead of a comeback, because so many factors (marriage, a baby, the recent death of her father) were different compared to her first career.

Clijsters then receives a wildcard to play at the 2009 BGL Luxembourg Open in Luxembourg, as the second seed. She eased through her opening match 6–2, 6–2 against Meghann Shaughnessy but fell to Patty Schnyder in a close second round encounter 4–6, 6–3, 6–7.

Playing an exhibition match in Antwerp, Belgium on 10th December, Clijsters defeated rival Venus Williams 6–1, 7–5. She finished the year ranked 18th.

Venue: Indian Wells Tennis Garden

Time: 11:00 A.M

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Former World No.1 player Rafael Nadal will face Rainer Schuettler in the BNP Paribas Open 2010 match on Saturday.

Nadal has won six Grand Slam singles titles, the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles, 15 ATP Masters Series tournaments and also was part of the Spain Davis Cup team that won the finals in 2004 and 2009.

Nadal was ranked World No. 1 from 18 August 2008 to 5 July 2009. Nadal was ranked World No. 2, behind Roger Federer for a record 160 weeks before earning the top spot. In 2009, he became the first player; simultaneously hold Grand Slam titles on clay, grass and hardcourt. His success on clay has earned him the nickname “The King of Clay”.

In the first round of the Australian Open, Nadal defeated Peter Luczak of Australia 7-6(0), 6-1, 6-4. In the second round, he beat Lukas Lacko 6-2, 6-2, 6-2. In the third round, he was tested by Philipp Kohlschreiber, beating him finally for 6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5. In the fourth round, he again, survived a testy scare situation to beat Ivo Karlovic of Croatia, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. In the quarter-finals, Nadal pulled out at 3-0 down in the third set against Andy Murray, having lost the first two sets 6-3, 7-6(2). At the end of this tournament, Nadal lost his World No. 2 ranking to Novak Djokovic.

Meanwhile, Andy Murray moved forward to World No. 3. Nadal is currently ranked as World No. 4, the lowest ranking in his career since 23 May 2005. After examining Nadal’s knees, his doctors told him that he should take two weeks of rest and then rehabilitation for same period. He plans to make his return at the BNP Paribas Open. With Murray not defending in Rotterdam, Nadal moved back to No.3.

Venue: Indian Wells Tennis Garden

Time: 11:00 A.M

Players Report:

World No.2 Serbian player Novak Djokovic will play against Mardy Fish in the BNP Paribas Open 2010 match on Saturday.

He won his only Grand Slam singles title at the 2008 Australian Open. After beating World No. 1 and defending champion Roger Federer in the semi-finals, Djoković defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final, becoming the first player representing Serbia to win a Grand Slam singles title and the youngest player in the open era to have reached the semifinals of all four Grand Slam events.

He was the runner-up at the 2007 US Open and won the bronze medal in singles representing Serbia at the 2008 Olympic Games. He won the Tennis Masters Cup in 2008 and has won five Masters Series tournaments.

At the 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships, he defeated Russian Mikhail Youzhny 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 to win his first tournament of the year. It is the first time Djokovic has defended a title, after winning it in 2009.

At the 2010 Davis Cup first round against Serbia vs. USA (on a clay surface), he helped his Serbian team reach the quarterfinals (clinching the penultimate tie at 3-1, but 3-2 including dead rubber matches). In his singles match, he beat Sam Querrey in four sets, and John Isner in five sets.