Serena Williams has the look

TODAY'S FEATURED MATCHES

All third round

World rankings in parentheses

Serena Williams (2) vs. Roberta Vinci (53), Italy

Williams just has that look -- one that can make half a bracket seem as if it's disintegrating to the floor like Christmas tree needles.

Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber (32), Germany

Kohlschreiber, who admirably upended Novak Djokovic at the French Open, is 0-3 against Federer. That is much better than so many other players.

Novak Djokovic (4), Serbia, vs. Mardy Fish (25)

It's the rematch of the 2008 Indian Wells final. Why they're not billing it as such is a clear case of myopia.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9), France, vs. Ivo Karlovic (36), Croatia

Against the charismatic Tsonga comes Karlovic, known mostly for being really tall. That's still better than being famous for a whole lot of other things. Such as, say, being governor of South Carolina.

Victoria Azarenka (8), Belarus, vs. Sorana Cirstea (27), Romania

To many sage observers, Azarenka represents the biggest female threat without the surname "Williams." That means the Microsoft Works program should recognize her and, seriously, stop trying to change the spelling to -- not kidding -- "Macarena."

Fernando Verdasco (8), Spain, vs. Albert Montanes (33), Spain

Even without Rafael Nadal, this multi-sport powerhouse nation posts six of the final 32 male players. Maybe one day they'll even catch up to soccer titans such as the United States.

ENGLISH BREAKFAST

When one has been the queen of England for 57 years, one can weather some serious tennis droughts, and so Elizabeth II, who last attended Wimbledon to present the women's singles trophy to Virginia Wade in 1977, gamely sent a letter to the All England Club on Wednesday. An official delivered it to Andy Murray at his practice court, and it congratulated the world's No. 3 player on winning the Queen's Club tuneup and wished him good luck at Wimbledon. Having tweeted that he "put it in its own pile away from the bills," Murray later said, "Yeah, it's surprising. I mean, you don't get that every day."

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