Back Nadal to win.

                                     Rafael Nadal has started his tournament at Indian Wells.

Rafael Nadal made a winning return to the courts at Indian Wells. That also goes for the other favorites while the night was difficult for the French camp.

Nadal happy to:
Back on the courts after his recurring knee trouble, Rafael Nadal has reassured his people. The Spaniard seemed back in full possession of his means. And this is not the German Rainer Schuettler who say otherwise. Since the start of the match, Nadal, defending champion at Indian Wells, and clung to a 4-0 opponent. And if Schuettler, resulting qualifications, gain back some, because Nadal struggled to find the settings necessary due to strong wind. "I really started the game. But later, with the wind, I struggled to pay me, especially in reverse. As soon as hitting the ball, she went out. But overall it's a good start to the tournament for me ", Commented afterwards Iberia. The first set folded (6 / 4), Nadal secured thereafter (6 / 4) and closing the tour in 1:34. He will still raise his level of play thereafter, as is Mario Ancic who is present in 8th finals.

Benneteau took the door:
The Croatian has indeed created a surprise by defeating Julien Benneteau. The French, seeded 31, was nevertheless a good dynamic. Moreover, the demonstrated superiority Bressan fairly quickly, winning the first set 4 / 6. Even better since carried 5 / 0 in the second, he came to doubt the Croatian and enquillait 6 games in a row (5 / 6). It was thought the matter settled. But Ancic is again thrown into battle and won the tiebreaker (7 points to 5). Touché, Benneteau would never recover, conceding three times setting the game in the final set (4 / 6 7 / 6 6 / 3).

Davydenko and Djokovic yes, not Cilic:
The whole night the Blues had anyway been terrible. Besides Benneteau then, and earlier Gilles Simon, Jeremy Chardy and Florent Serra also said goodbye to the Masters in 1000 California. The Palois fell against Sam Querrey (6 / 3 6 / 4), while Bordeaux has he lost against Tomas Berdych, after all, even a good fight (7 / 5 4 / 6 6 / 4). Other results of this second round, we note the qualifications of some big headliners. Nikolay Davydenko has consistently dominated Ernests Gulbis (6 / 4 6 / 4), Juan Carlos Ferrero has done the same against Daniel Koellerer (6 / 3 6 / 0), as Ivan Ljubicic (No. 20) or Philipp Kohlschreiber ( No. 25). Note that Novak Djokovic struggled to get rid of Mardy Fish, in a bizarre game (6 / 1 0 / 6 6 / 2), 21 breakpoints! Only finally Marin Cilic, seeded No. 8 and one of the players in better shape early in the season (18 wins, 2 losses), was surprised by Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. The Croatian, after losing the first set tiebreak, has scored more than 13 points in the match (7 / 6 6 / 0)!

Results of 2nd round:
Nadal (Esp, 3) - Schuettler (Ger) 6 / 4 6 / 4
Davydenko (Rus, 5) - Gulbis (Let) 6 / 4 6 / 4
Garcia-Lopez (Esp) - Cilic (Cro, 8) 7 / 6 6 / 0
Ferrero (Esp, 11) - Koellerer (Aut) 6 / 3 6 / 0
Isner (U.S. 15) - Anderson (RSA) 6 / 3 7 / 5
Querrey (USA, 17) - Chardy (Fra) 6 / 3 6 / 4
Berdych (CZE, 19) - Serra (Fra) 7 / 5 4 / 6 6 / 4
Ljubicic (Cro, 20) - Harrison (USA) 6 / 2 7 / 6
Kohlschreiber (Ger, 25) - Petzschner (GER) 6 / 3 6 / 2
Ancic (Cro) - Benneteau (Fra, 31) 4 / 6 7 / 6 6 / 3
Djokovic (Srb, 2) - Fish (U.S.) 6 / 1 0 / 6 6 / 2