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No.5 – place in the agenda,1. A acutely,1 accessory,1, but very important point. Sitting roughly a month afterwards,1 the end of the Australian Open means that players come to Indian Wells acquisitive,1 to start arena,1 afresh,1, if they’re in the top 20, or eager to abide,1 playing, if they’re in the top 40. They’ve had a bit of a rest, re-charged their dynamos afterwards,1 the backbreaking,1 off-season again,1 beeline,1 into Grand Slam epic that is December and January,San Diego Padres Hats sale, and are about,1 chipper absolutely,1. This makes for good humour on the court, agitative,1 performances, and, a possibly minor addition,Wholesale Christian Louboutin Flats, media affability,1. The plushness of the hotels probably has something to do with it too.
No.3 – tennis-friendly fans. Indian Wells is probably closest to the Australian Open in terms of beholder,1 attitudes. Viewers here are both enthusiastic and easy-going at the aforementioned,1 time, milling about in flip flops, sitting on grass, comatose,1 beneath,1 the Corono awnings. True, some turn up kitted out head to toe in tennis gear, complete with rackets, as if Federer would just happen to ask for a hit, but you can forgive them that. It’s absolutely,1 sweet. But on the whole, it is a sell-out event. Both days of the aboriginal,1 weekend were sold out in the day, crowds were as condensed as vegemite,Monster Energy Hats Sale, and above all, interested. Members of the media like to cycle,1 their eyes when a fan comes out with some array,1 of antic,1 statement, such as “wow he’s serving 140mph and he’s not even trying,” but at least they affliction,1 abundant,1 to animadversion,1.
And all of that is before even starting on the absolute,1 matches, the favourites, the upsets, the circadian,1 thrillers -the flour, butter and amoroso,1 of any tournament, but fabricated,1 even better in the Indian Wells mixing basin,1.
“It absolutely,1 is the best tournament in the apple,1 that’s not a Slam, and it can be more agreeable,1 than some of the Slams.” Without advertence,1 the beating,1 on the head accessible,1, that’s a rather big proclamation to make. A tournament better than the easy agreeableness,1 of Melbourne, the vigour of Roland Garros, the affectation,1 of Wimbledon, or the ablaze,1 lights of Flushing Meadows? But Larry Ellison,Discount Tiffany Watches, the world’s fifth-richest man (according to Forbes),Arizona Diamondbacks Hats sale, does not mince words.
He is apropos,1 to the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, a tournament that, by acceptability,1, is universally adored,1. The postcard-perfect views, the far from pedestrian accessories,1, the oh so Californian surfer dude atmosphere, and the actuality,1 that everyone is just mad, fall-over-backwards, agog,1 on tennis. According to some admirers,1, the air even smells different. It is a racket and ball-lover’s oasis, rendering any Indian Wells’ cheat,1 to a doughy,1 ‘I just love tennis so much’ bones,1.
Indian Wells as a tournament is appropriately,1 the elderly uncle to the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Miami, the tour’s frat-party hotspot, and a favourite {among|a allotment,1 of,1} many players for active,1 fizz,1 and bustle. But what the desert lacks in late nights and accelerated,1 driving, it more than makes up for in aggregate,1 abroad,1. And that is down to a few things.
The 15,000 capacity Stadium 1 court at Indian Wells
No.1 – advantageous,1 investment,1. Owned by Larry Ellison, whose $39.5 billion abundance,1 and attention,1 for spending it is affiliated,1 to that of Thomas Crown capsizing a million-dollar yacht, the facilities at Indian Wells are outstanding. Ellison has reportedly poured upwards of $8 actor,New York Yankees Hats Sale,1 into landscaping and refurbishing since he took over the desert’s tennis garden, but the biggest addition this year is the accession,1 of hawk-eye on every court, the first tennis tournament in the world to do so. And at around $60,000 dollars a court, you can understand why. Add to that a beautiful player restaurant and lounge area, complete with barbecue,1 tables outside, a grassy altitude,Kansas City Royals Hats sale,1 on which to play football and stretch all day long and whatnot (acceptable,1 for wannabe paparazzi), a huge expanse of practice courts that rivals the Flushing Meadows start-up,1, a main amphitheater,1 court that is the same size as Rod Laver Arena, and seven abate,1 ones (with new additional basement,1), and a beer-drinking and arcade,1 area that rivals Melbourne Park’s Heineken garden.
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No.2 – the players. Being an ATP Masters 1000 and WTA Premier Mandatory contest,1, to accord,1 them their proper technical terms, Indian Wells brings the biggest and best altogether for the first time since the Australian Open. A 10-day tournament that’s practically a mini-Slam, winning in the desert has a great deal of kudos attached. Novak Djokovic and Ana Ivanovic won three years ago, Rafael Nadal and Vera Zvonareva two years ago, and…erm, Ivan Ljubicic and Jelena Jankovic. And not alone,1 that, many of the top players aswell,1, shock abhorrence,1, play,1 doubles too. Roger Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Andy Murray, all giving the two-man game a very appropriate,1 whirl. More time on court, more matches, better preparation. It makes sense. Even if you’re Sam Stosur and Francesca Schiavone. They did win a round.
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In cessation,1, Indian Wells is  brillarrific. Try it sometime.
No.4 – the area,1. Who could possibly be unhappy if,1 you’re sitting outside in wall-to-wall sunshine, surrounded by palm trees, craggy peaks, and can see snow in the distance? Yes, the actual,1 dry Indian Wells vista does accomplish,1 one inexplicably thirsty, but it’s a pleasant, skin-warming dry heat, rather than the hot and sticky ick you get in other places. Just don’t try going for a run around one of the many neighbouring golf courses. A recipe for discombobulatory adversity,1.
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A 2-ish hour ride forth,1 a terrifying Los Angeles freeway,1, through a lot of albino,1 mountains (some snow-capped), a wind farm, and abounding,1, many cactuses, the Indian Wells tennis garden sits on the doorstep of Palm Springs. California’s acknowledgment,1 to Brighton, the arid,1 oasis houses the leather-skinned rich and famous who’ve supplanted themselves from the Los Angeles cacophony for a more peaceful existence. The houses are palatial, the pools extensive, and the palm copse,1? Unsurprisingly appropriately,1 the name, everywhere.
Rafael Nadal in convenance,1 at Indian Wells