Roger Federer Indian Wells 2017

Roger federer plays a few practice games with robin hasse.

Roger federer indian wells 2017. The incredible comeback continues. 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. March 15 2017 indian wells california. 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.

Roger federer won a record tying fifth bnp paribas open crown on sunday as he defeated stan wawrinka 6 4 7 5 in an all swiss final at the indian wells tennis garden. The swiss endured a six month injury layoff at the end of 2016 but returned to tour level action at the start of the season in spectacular fashion capturing his 18 th grand slam championship. Roger federer and rafael nadal will face each other for the first time since 2017 in the semi finals at indian wells. Highlights of an amazing encounter between federer and nadal at indian wells 2017 r4.

Swiss fourth seed federer 37 eased past poland s hubert hurkacz 6 4 6 4 in. 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. This season is regarded as one of the greatest comeback seasons of all time. 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.

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. 16 in the atp. Roger federer defeats stan wawrinka for indian wells title as it happened federer 35yrs 7mos becomes oldest player to win a masters 1000 title australian open champion improves to 13 1 6 0.