Indian Wells, part I

It's March, and that means tennis in the desert here in SoCal. That's right, Indian Wells (part of the greater Palm Springs sprawl) plays host to the fifth largest tennis tournament in the world after the four majors. It's an unbeatable opportunity to see the world's top players, men and women, in action up close and personal.

I don't normally shoot sports, but tennis is the exception. I only go to a couple of tournaments a year, and Indian Wells is the one not to miss. By going to the first weekend (it's a two week event) I get to see an enormous number of players on the courts. The nice thing about IW is that you can watch them on the practice courts as well as in actual matches.

Here are the world's top three men on the practice courts:

Air Falcon: Novak Djokovic in midair on the practice court.

Rafa (Rafael Nadal) makes all sorts of faces on the court.

I especially love seeing Roger Federer in action: how often to you get to see the greatest?

I'll have some more in another post, this time of the women.