Pada pertandingan disinari matahari petang di Indian Wells Tennis Garden, Nadal dan Tsonga saling mematahkan servis pada dua game awal di Stadium Court itu sehingga akhirnya terjadi tiebreak.
On a sun-drenched afternoon at Indian Wells Tennis Garden, Nadal and Tsonga traded service breaks in the first two games of the match on the showpiece Stadium Court and then held serve to take the opening set into a tiebreak.