TENNIS Live

Indian Wells Masters - Final - Men

Nationality Player Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
N Djokovic656--
United StatesM Fish273--

Head to Head

Player Record
M Fish 0 Wins
N Djokovic 1 Wins

Fish

Nationality USA
Date of Birth 09/12/1981
Height 1.88 m
Weight 81 kg
ATP Ranking 37
Player Info Right-handed; Two-handed backhand;

Djokovic

Nationality SRB
Date of Birth 22/05/1987
Height 1.88 m
Weight 74 kg
ATP Ranking 3
Player Info Right-handed; Two-handed backhand;
 

Live Comments

  1. 6-3 - But the second is a big service winner down the T as the Australian Open champion backs up his Melbourne crown with by winning the first Masters Series shield of 2008 with a 6-2 5-7 6-3 victory over American Mardy Fish in the final! Thanks for following our LIVE coverage and join us next week for the Miami Masters!!

  2. 40-15 - Djokovic fires another massive ace out wide, his tenth of the final, to set up TRIPLE CHAMPIONSHIP POINT..... Fish saves the first....

  3. 5-3 - Some huge first serves allow Fish to blast ahead 40-0 as we reach the two-hour mark, much to the delight of the crowd. And Mardy pulls out the LOVE-Service game to force the Serbian to serve out for the title.

  4. 5-2 - Djokovic moves within one game of the title, holding to 30.

  5. 4-2 - Another hold for Fish, who puts the onus on Djokovic to keep going forward on his serve.

  6. 4-1 - Another comfortable serve for Novak Djokovic, who is perfectly capable of putting this match out of reach on this upcoming Fish serve.

  7. 3-1 - Fish gets on the board in this final set with his own quick-and-easy service hold, though I doubt that will dent Djokovic's progress..... We have seen Fish resurrect himself before during this tournament though.

  8. 3-0 - Djokovic stares down his rival and watches a service winner ruled in by Hawk-Eye to hold comfortably.

  9. 2-0 - Djokovic now earns himself a pair of BREAK POINTS and he shows Fish how it's done, wrapping up the break of serve on his first chance with a brutal backhand winner down the line. We've said it before, but that could be the ballgame.

  10. 1-0 - And a massive service hold by the third seed, who stops Fish's momentum dead in its track to take a 1-0 lead in the third set.

  11. 40-40 - Fish wins three quick-fire points on his rival's serve to snag a TRIPLE BREAK POINT.... Djokovic saves the first with an ace out wide.... And the second with another ace out wide..... And a third with a third straight ace out wide!!! From 0-40 down, Djokovic is back to DEUCE.

  12. 5-7 - A service winner out wide earns Fish a SET POINT and then confirms the second set with another massive first-serve!! What a comeback thus far..... We're headed for the third-set decider.

  13. 5-6 - There's live in the boy yet!! Mardy Fish rips a gorgeous winner on the return of serve to break Novak Djokovic yet again and will now serve for the second set!!

  14. 5-5 - A nervy hold to 30 for Fish.

  15. 5-4 - Djokovic pulls out his own LOVE-Service hold and moves within one game of the title....

  16. 4-4 - Fish holds to 15, and he refuses to lie down....

  17. 4-3 - Some brilliant returns of serve earn Fish his own DOUBLE BREAK POINT, and Djokovic gives away his advantage with a first double fault of the match. Back on serve in this second set at 4-3.

  18. 4-2 - Fish battles for 0-30 down to 30-30, but Djokovic still earns a chance to BREAK.... And does so, as Fish sends the forehand error long. That could be all she wrote for the American.

  19. 3-2 - Djokovic certainly not budging either, as the Oz Open champ wraps up a LOVE-Service game with an ace out wide.

  20. 2-2 - Sweet serve-and-volley action earns Fish a hold to 15.

  21. 2-1 - Djokovic ultimately holds, but again it was close.

  22. 40-40 - These baseline rallies are really getting good, and Fish ultimately beats Djokovic with a gorgeous cross-court backhand pass that earns not-so begrudging applause from the world number three. DEUCE.

  23. 1-1 - Fish comes through an important hold to DEUCE in the end, however, and that effectively keeps this match alive.

  24. 40-40 - Djokovic fights back from 40-15 to DEUCE on Fish's serve, as the American is just succumbing to the pressure by hitting error-after-error.

  25. 1-0 - Djokovic with a commanding hold to 15 opens up the second set in imposing form.

  26. 6-2 - Djokovic proves why he is quite possibly the best player in the world right now, hammering a pair of meek serves for forehand and backhand winners on the returns of serve to break Fish and take the first set 6-2.

  27. 5-2 - Djokovic stretches his lead with a nervy hold to DEUCE, as Fish will now have to serve to stay in the set.

  28. 4-2 - Fish double faults to give Djokovic a second chance to claim the lead, and then doubles again to give back the break advantage!

  29. 40-40 - Fish is once again striking the ball with venom, and he saves a BREAK POINT as Djokovic sends a big two-handed backhand well long. DEUCE.

  30. 3-2 - The world number 98 Fish, all of a sudden, in stunning form, earns himself a chance to break.... And does so with a brutal forehand on the return that Djokovic can only lunge at and send into the net. Back on serve at 2-3 and we're starting to see the match we were hoping for.

  31. 3-1 - Fish finally gets on the scoreboard with a LOVE-Service game, and that's the quality he was showing yesterday in a complete demolition of the world's best player Roger Federer.

  32. 3-0 - A little bit trickier for Djokovic this time, but the Australian Open champion still holds to 30.

  33. 2-0 - After falling behind 0-30 Fish finally wins his first point with a service winner. The Serbian still manages to book a double BREAK POINT and collect on the first, as Fish is looking very nervous against the world number three early on.

  34. 1-0 - N-Djok opens us up with a LOVE-Service game. This could be quick and painful for the man who stunned Roger Federer yesterday, Mardy Fish.

  35. 0-0 - And Novak Djokovic serves first on a sunny day then in California.

  36. - - Welcome to LIVE text comments and scoring of the Indian Wells Masters final between Mardy Fish and Novak Djokovic from 21:00 GMT!!

ATP Race 2008

Points
1 Novak Djokovic 476 up
2 Rafael Nadal 410 down
3 Roger Federer 290 stay
4 Nikolay Davydenko 275 stay
5 Andy Roddick 213 up
6 David Ferrer 189 down
7 Nicolas Almagro 181 up
8 James Blake 181 up
9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 178 down
10 Stanislas Wawrinka 169 up

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