DOG DAY AFTERNOON

Temperature on court nears 120 F.

Every day is cloudless with the air temperature hovering around 95 F.

Most critters would welcome shade in the desert.

However, the players remaining in the draw at Indian Wells revel in not having to play in the shadow of Roger.

The ones to benefit are those in the top half-

Murry vs Haas and

Djokovic vs Ferrer.

The bottom half is much heavier with

Ljubicic vs Roddick and

Chela vs Nadal

The winner will come from the bottom half.

I watched a few minutes of the women's tennis this afternoon, but realized

my time was better spent walking the dog.

Murphy loves women’s tennis.

But he’s the only one.