Indian Wells Practice Session Report:
Nadal:
Practiced FULL OUT with Robredo, playing sets.
Inside out forehand was brutal. After Robredo left, Nadal was fed
forehands and was ripping them with FULL grunt.
His serve was accurate, and his 2nd serve had lots action, with the gritty court and hot conditions.
Joker:
Practiced 2 hours today. !:45 with Popsicle. Nole was dead serious, no smiles or joking.
Started off with erratic timing. Not happy with the backhand. Complained about dropping
short and problems with accuracy down the line, possible issues with tension. He had major issues serving into the sun.
Marion Vadja in toe fed him back hands for 15 minutes and he really picked it up.
Tsonga:
Hit for 90 minutes with Escude. Worked on the back hand for more than half that duration. Was clearly trying for accuracy down the line and angles cross court. Escude placed empty tennis cans as targets in said locations.
Berdych:
Cool as a cucumber, hitting his spots with the serve, just crushing ground strokes.
Hewitt:
Hit for 2 hours with Peter L. Very, very clean ball striking. Worked on return of serve extensively, with Peter serving from mid court.
Pics to follow.
