The Spaniard, like the rest, will not know the name of his rival until it is solved upstream and the first round, although it is known that in the quarter would meet Russia's Nikolay Davydenko.
Rafael Nadal, world number three and defending champion, and also Spanish Fernando Verdasco, Juan Carlos Ferrero, David Ferrer, Tommy Robredo, Feliciano Lopez and Albert Montanes has been exempted from the first round of Indian Wells tournament, the Masters 1000 initial season as the draw was made this morning.
Nadal, like the rest, will not know the name of his rival until it is solved upstream and the first round, although it is known that in the quarter would meet Russia's Nikolay Davydenko, fifth seed who has won in its previous three clashes. With whom insurance is not cross, at least until the end, is with the Swiss world number one Roger Federer.
Also in the fourth round, if No surprises could be found with one of two Americans in better shape and that they operate best in fast track, John Isner (fifteenth-seeded) or Sam Querrey (17). The first season won the tournament in Auckland and the second that of Memphis.
Davydenko, who will start against the winner of the match between Swiss and Estonian Marco Chiudinelli Ernest Gulbis, may also be one of the opponents of Fernando Verdasco, the tenth seed.
Federer, Roddick and Murray, on the same side of the table
Switzerland's Roger Federer, world number one and looking back at the end after four years after winning the tournament three times, he could be on the road with Andy Roddick and Andy Murray, eighth and fourth ranking ATP.
The Swiss opened their participation in the second round against the winner of the match between Romanian Victor Hanescu and Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela, and the third is presumed that his opponent Marcos Baghdatis, twenty-seventh favorite.
Roddick, a semifinalist three times in this tournament, also has a tough road, which will appear as potential opponents Frenchmen Gael Monfils and Richard Gasquet and David Nalbandian, who got in his return to Argentina in the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup with his magnificent performance against Sweden.
Murray has the potential opponents on the road in the fourth round to David Ferrer, seeded thirteenth, or American James Blake, a finalist in 2006 and will face in the first round to Spanish Daniel Gimeno-Traver.
Then, in the quarter are presumed to be British rival Swede Robin Soderling and France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The Serbian Novak Djokovic, a finalist in 2008 and second seed, can be measured in the second round with American Mardy Fish always difficult.
The Croatian Marin Cilic, the player with the best record of wins so far this season (18-2) could be his opponent in the quarterfinals, but also appears on his way Juan Carlos Ferrero, the eleventh seed has won 14 of 15 games in the Latin American stage the circuit.
Justine Henin in the first round of the women The women's table will kick-started the tournament the next morning with the presence in the first round of the Belgian Justine Henin, who reached the end of his first two tournaments after recurrence (Brisbane and the Australia Open) and is measured Magdalena Rybarikova.
This is the last tournament in which Henin participates without being seeded.
In this issue there is the curiosity that none of the six previous champions at Indian Wells are among the top eight favorites.