Corrected by Roger Federer at the Australian Open, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga hopes to take his revenge at Indian Wells.
First Masters 1000 season, Indian Wells, which begins on Thursday marked the return to power of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. The best chances French based once again on the shoulders of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gaël Monfils.
Two Andy for Federer:
Beaten in the semi-finals last season by Andy Murray, Roger Federer could find the Scots at the same stage of the competition. The Swiss, who has long sought the key against the No. 4 worldwide, rest on three straight wins, the last in the final of the Australian Open (6 / 3 6 / 4 7 / 6). If he wants to again reach the final at Indian Wells, something he has not done since 2006 when he made his famous hat-trick (2004, 2005, 2006), Federer, who begins his campaign against Victor Hanescu or Juan Ignacio Chela, will probably delete Marcos Baghdatis in the third round for a remake of the final of the 2006 Australian Open - unless Arnaud Clement will play a spoiler - and Andy Roddick in quarterfinals , head of Turk's favorite (19 wins to 2 losses). We remember their last clash in Wimbledon final (5 / 7 7 / 6 7 / 6 3 / 6 16/14).
Monfils and Tsonga with "the Master":
The logic is not always respected tennis. In the same half of the table No. 1 worldwide, Gaël Monfils and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga well have defied expectations. The two French recover from niggling injuries, however. Le Parisien, which won its first match of the Davis Cup last weekend against Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber, was slightly damaged the palm of his left hand, while Manceau sprained right ankle against Simon Greul , forcing the abandonment. "I preferred to stop to avoid aggravating the trick. It would take me days to return to normal", Explained this last Sunday evening. Michael Llodra in the second round, Robin Soderling in the eighth and Andy Murray in the quarterfinals, should constitute the main obstacles on the road to Federer. Monfils could he, the challenge in the quarter. This will include victories over Richard Gasquet and Andy Roddick.
Reprise smooth for Nadal:
Absent - like Federer - since the Australian Open because of another knee injury, Rafael Nadal will have the opportunity to get into power. Exempt from the first round, the seeded No. 3, will begin the defense of his title against a qualifier. Julien Benneteau, even in great shape, should not worry, unlike a Nikolay Davydenko (in quarters) remains three straight wins against him. If he avoids the trap Russian, is likely Majorcan "joy" to challenge Novak Djokovic in the same quarter of Table Gilles Simon and Juan Carlos Ferrero, the man of the moment (two titles in Costa do Sauipe and Buenos Aires, Acapulco final).
The matches of the French:
Clement (Fra) - Luczak (Aus)
Gasquet (Fra) - Greul (GER)
Llodra (Fra) - qualified
Mathieu (Fra) - Becker (Ger)
Serra (Fra) - Falla (Col)
Chardy (Fra) - Starace (Ita)
Exempt 1er tower :
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (No. 9), Gaël Monfils (No. 12) Gilles Simon (No. 16) Julien Benneteau (No. 31) .








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