It is approximately 1700 miles from Acapulco to Indian Wells but as the top trio of world tennis began arriving in the Californian desert yesterday, it is a fair bet that conversation turned to what happened in Mexico the night before.
It is approximately 1700 miles from Acapulco to Indian Wells but as the top trio of world tennis began arriving in the Californian desert yesterday, it is a fair bet that conversation turned to what happened in Mexico the night before.
Rafael Nadal marks the first win of his return
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Simon Cambers
A month into his comeback from a serious knee injury that looked like it might end his career, Rafael Nadal destroyed David Ferrer to claim the 52nd title of his career. It was not the fact that he won the Abierto Mexicano Telcel title to make it 12 wins out of 13 since his resurgence began, or the fact that he has now racked up 38 titles on clay that made it so impressive. But beating fellow Spaniard Ferrer, who replaced him as the world No.4 after the Australian Open, 6-0, 6-2 was a massive statement of intent as the Tour begins a brief, but important, US hard-court swing.
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