If Nadal and Murray meet at Indian Wells...who are you taking?
 

They have not played since Tokyo 2011 which Murray won in 3 sets (Nadal for some insane reason just completely went away after the first set). Regardless though, Nadal is back in full force after this great victory against Ferrer on clay. But now the action turns to hardcourts and this is the first time that Nadal could meet the new Grand Slam Champion version of Murray.

Since Nadal has been gone, Murray's won a gold medal, conquered Federer for the first time at a Slam, won his first Grand Slam title and made 2 other Grand Slam finals. Murray's also been spending more time in the weight room building his body and is noticeably more muscular than before.

The question many people have is whether order will resume and Nadal continues his domination of Murray or will the tide now turn and will Murray now become Nadal's next new nemesis alongside Djokovic?

Looking forward to another potentially good rivalry...:)

Murray, no question.

Nadal will give Murray another walkover

Nadal.....Murray has less match prep coming in.

There is a question. If Nadal makes it to Murray it means he's playing well. Before Tokyo 11, Nadal beat Murray 5 straight times.

That is true. What is also true is I see no good reason to think Nadal's knees would hold up to the grinding he would have to do against Murray on HC. Great if he proves me wrong.

anyone have any info. on if nadal will, for sure, play indian wells?IMO he should skip it as well as miami

Murray will win.

He did say he'd play it when interviewed after the mexico win.

i agree with mika.

if nadal makes it to murray; andy is toast.

I would pick Murray. I think Nadal still needs longer to get to the form he will beat the other top 4 on a hard court. However on clay I would already pick him right now vs any of them, except maybe Djokovic for now.

he probably needs at least one hc event to get his HC game going, so Murray. But Nadal's coming back fast. Wouldn't be surprised if he beat Federer at IW.

Murray.

10Muurya's

Key words: Ferrer and Clay

Nadal hasn't played on HC in how long? Also a probable meeting could be in the QF, which implies that Nadal might not even have to go through a top 30 player to get to Murray. Then again, Muzza has been pretty miserable on these courts lately. It's a tossup me thinks. I'd pick Murray though, feel like Nadal might still be feeling a bit uncertain about his movement on HC.

I haven't seen Rafa play on hard court since... Miami 2012! It's been too long. Impossible to make predictions before at least watching his IW first rounds. Generally speaking, IW is one of Rafa's favorite hard court events and at his best, he can beat anyone there (he's beaten both Murray and Djoko there in the past).

Nadal won't even make it there. But if he does, he will lose.

For now I would go for Murray...

Definitely Murray. Even before Rafa was injured I'd give Murray the advantage on non-slam hardcourt matches.

It is great to have Rafa in the mix again. :)

This could be a real cracker if they face each other. If both play, both will be in form, since it will be late into the event likely, so both will have a couple of matches under their belt. Murray does play Nadal pretty hard on hard courts, and while Nadal looks good, Murray hasn't been stagnant either.

This could be a renewed rivalry, and one I hope really picks up.