Del Potro: I was in depression; my main intent is to play

The return on the court of Juan Martin del Potro was not celebrated with a victory, but the Argentine is upbeat. On Thursday night he has stepped with 0: 2 sets from Vasek Pospisil in his first game since January.

"I don`t feel disappointed," said the former No4 in the world. "I have to extract the positives of my return. I think that is a good sign for my future, that once again I`m on the court and I play official matches. So far, the result by ronaldobest.com is not important. After the game, I had no physical problems, "said the Argentine.

Del Potro is involved in only four tournaments in 2014, then he has get a surgery on the wrist of the left hand in March (2014). He started the 2015 season by reaching the quarterfinals in Sydney, then lay under the knife for another wrist surgery.

"I fell into a depression (after operations). My main task is to play tennis. If you need to learn to perform backhand differently (due to the operations) I will do it. The greatest task for me is to stay calm and mentally to overcome all the injuries, "said the champion of US Open 2009.

Lisicki saved three match points and stopped the champion Pennetta

Sabine Lisicki from Germany is the last semi-finalist of the tournament in category "Prime binding" in Indian Wells. In a very close match with many twists she beat the defending her title Flavia Pennetta with 6:4, 6:7 (3), 7:6 (4) after almost 3 hours of game.

Lisicki is placed as No24 and she took the first set and in the second at 5:4 and the service of the Italian reached a match point. Pennetta saved it and until the end of the game didn`t allow more break points.

In her turn the tennis player from Brindisi had 3 match points at 5: 4 in the third part. But the German showed why he holds the world record for the fastest initial shock and manage to defend herself. In the tie-break of the final set, Sabine closed the match with her fifth ace and fell to knees.

Lizitski finished the match with 44 winners and hit 71 unforced errors. By Pennetta the indicators were 23-43.

In her first appearance in the semi- final at Indian Wells the 25 years old German is up against the champion of 2010 Jelena Jankovic, who beat Lesia Tsurenko with 6:1, 4:1 and a quit. The Serbian tennis player leads with 4-1 wins in the direct duels against Lisicki. For the last time both of them played in 2013 in Cincinnati, when the former world number one beat with 7:6, 5:7, 6:2.

In the other semi-final will meet the world number one Serena Williams and the third placed Simona Halep.

Monaco - Bastia (Ligue 1)

Monaco welcomes Bastia to his "Stade Louis II" in a meeting of the 29th round of the French Ligue 1. The fight will be on Friday night - March 13, 2015, and the chief judge of the match will be Rudy Bouquet. The odds for the game offered by the leading bookmaker bet365 are as follows: 1.53 for a home win, with a draw at 3.80 and 7.50 for the victory of the guests.

Monaco comes into this game with a mind for the upcoming rematch against Arsenal in the Champions League in the middle of the next week. Monaco will try to win the hosting of Bastia with minimal effort because can`t afford to write off this game. Leonardo Jardim has many problems with his squad. Brazilian Wallace is punished and with injuries are Andrea Raggi, Lacina Traore and Tiemoue Bakayoko. Also, problems with injuries have Yannick Ferreira Carrasco, Ricardo Carvalho, Geoffrey Kondogbia and captain Jeremy Toulalan. All of them probably will not be putted at risk against Bastia and will be reserved for the game against Arsenal. Bulgarian Dimitar Berbatov again will be the main trump of Monaco in attack to win the three points.

Bastia arrives at the "Stade Louis II" in cheerful confidence, with only one loss in their last 10 games in the French Ligue 1. Blues have good memories of this stadium because right here a month ago removed Monaco in the Cup of the country after penalties. In the camp of Bastia before Friday`s game with injuries are Sebastien Squillaci, El-Hadji Ba and Brandao, as all three will not take part in the game. Goalkeeper Jean-Louis Leca missed the last game with Nice, but is now ready to play and will remain on the bench for his team.

The upcoming match with Arsenal is extremely important for Monaco. Battle of the Champions League and the problems in the composition of Leonardo Jardim suggest that Monaco will have problems on Friday night. In a view of this there is a possibility for Bastia to leave with a point or three of the "Stade Louis II".

Recommended bet: For Bastia or Draw X2 @ 2.50 at bet365

Cannavaro in the prison for 10 months

The former captain of the national Italian team Fabio Cannavaro will be in the prison for a period of 10 months. The reason for the sentence is a non-compliance of the orders of the police. To the defender was not allowed to enter the villa with Naples, but he has not complied the orders.

There is an investigation against Cannavaro for evasion of the tax and it was forbidden to him to stay away to the property.

According to the investigation, Cannavaro, his wife Daniela and his brother Paolo entered the property and bathed in the pool. All three of them will incur the penalties imposed by the state.