Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I eke a Roger Federer ki te rauna tuatoru o te BNP Paribas Open, i peia te Argentine Diego Schwartzman 6-4, 6-2 i Indian Wells, hei whakarite i tetahi tukinga ano ki a Andreas Seppi. Ko Federer, e tumanako ana ki te hopu i te taitara tuarima o Indian Wells kaore ano kia kitea i tenei wiki, i paheke i te ao No. 63 Schwartzman i roto i te neke atu i te haora i te Ratapu - a ka hoatu he tirohanga whakamere ki te pehea i noho ai ia i runga i tana hakinakina mo te wa roa. Ko te 33-tau te pakeke o te ao No. 2 ka tu inaianei ki a Seppi, nana nei i wikitoria ia 6-4 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 7-6 (7-5) i te Ahitereiria Open i te marama o Hanuere. I whiua e Roger Federer a Diego Schwartzman i roto i ngā huinga tika kia eke ki te rauna tuatoru o Indian Wells. I wikitoria a Schwartzman o Argentina e 6-4 6-2 e Federer i California. Kāore a Federer i te werawera i roto i te ahunga whakamua, ā, ka tūtaki ia ki a Andrea Seppi i te rauna e whai ake nei. E whakapono ana a Federer ko tana whakatau kia kaua e whai moni noa iho, kia nui ake ranei nga wikitoria whakataetae i roto i nga tau kua taea e ia te noho whakataetae. 'Ko te whakaaro i nga wa katoa (mo) te ngana ki te noho tata ki te keemu mo te wa roa,' i kii ia. 'Na reira i te tau 2004, i te wa i riro ai ahau hei Nama 1 o te ao, i whakatau ahau me taku kaiako tinana i taua wa ka whakamahere matou mo te wa roa. Ahakoa he aha tātau e mahi ai, ka whakamahere wā roa tātau. Ae ra, ka taea e tātou te whai moni, te whai atu rānei i ngā toa whakataetae. Ka taea e tātou te tākaro i ngā wā maha ake, te whakangungu kaha ake, ahakoa he aha ta tātou mahi. Engari i whakatau mātou ka ngana mātou ki te noho ki te 20 whakataetae i roto i te tau, he iti ake te tau.' He mea whakamataku mo ona hoa whakataetae e whakapono ana a Federer ko taua huarahi i arahi ki a ia ki te purei i etahi o nga taakaro pai rawa atu o tana mahi. E whakapono ana a Federer ahakoa e 33 ona tau kei te tākaro tonu ia i ētahi o ngā tākaro tēnehi pai rawa atu o tana mahi. He ahiahi uaua ki a Schwartzman, te tangata 63 o te ao, i Indian Wells i a ia e whakaekehia ana. I whakaatu a Federer i tana whānuitanga o ngā pūkenga me te nekehanga i a ia e hīkoi ana i tana hoa tauwhainga. Ka whakanui a Federer i tana wikitoria mā te patu pōro ki te mano i te Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Ka mea ia: 'E hari ana ahau i te mahi a te mahere, i te 33 o oku tau kei te tino...
I whiua e Roger Federer a Diego Schwartzman 6-4 6-2 i te Ratapu. Ka tūtaki te Swiss inaianei ki a Andrea Seppi i te rauna e whai ake nei. I hinga a Seppi i a Federer i te Australian Open i te marama o Hanuere.