Novak Djokovic heads into the Indian Wells tournament sufficiently recovered from winning the first major of the year and ready to continue last year’s amazing run of success. The world number one has captured the last three Grand Slams, including winning a near six-hour duel over Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open final in January. “Everybody had time after Australia to recover, to get rest, and play some events prior to Indian Wells,” Djokovic said. “You need to play lots of matches and play against the best players in the world.
The conditions here are suitable to my style of game. The courts are a little bit slower which I prefer.” When he arrived at Indian Wells last year, Djokovic was riding a season-long match win streak that he eventually stretched to 41 matches. Djokovic opens the defence of his title in the California desert Saturday when he faces qualifier Andrey Golubev in a second round match. He is showing no signs of slowing down as he goes for his third Indian Wells title.
