Wozniacki, Sharapova advance at Indian Wells; Henin slips
The second-seeded Wozniacki, of Denmark, came from behind to beat American Vania King 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 at the beautiful Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Sharapova, seeded 10th, also rallied from a set down to post a 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory over fellow Russian Vera Dushevina. Sharapova titled here in 2006. Belgian Justine Henin came up short in her second-round match as the 31st seed, Gisela Dulko of Argentina, topped the 2004 Indian Wells champ 6-2, 1-6, 6-4. Read More →
Blake, Nalbandian advance at BNP Paribas Open
Blake cruised past Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-3, 6-2 in a mere 55 minutes on the hardcourts at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. The struggling 30-year- old Blake improved to a pedestrian 6-5 this season. Nalbandian, who reached as high as third in the world rankings, topped qualifier Stefan Koubek 6-2, 7-6 (7-2) in nearly one hour, 15 minutes. He reached the quarterfinals at Copa Telmex earlier this year before pulling out with an injury. Read More →
Blake advances at BNP Paribas Open
Blake cruised past Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-3, 6-2 in a mere 55 minutes on the hardcourts at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. The struggling 30-year- old Blake improved to a pedestrian 6-5 this season. Additional opening-round wins came for Spaniard Nicolas Almagro, Israeli Dudi Sela, German Simon Greul, Taipei’s Yen-Hsun Lu and Aussie Marinko Matosevic. Sela dismissed American Jesse Levine 6-2, 6-2, while Greul drove out Frenchman Richard Gasquet 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (9-7). Read More →
Fish, Moya highlight first-round winners at Indian Wells
Fish, the runner-up here in 2008, rallied from a set down to post a 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 victory over German Michael Berrer, while Moya dismissed American Tim Smyczek 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-5) on the hardcourts at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. The former world No. 1 Moya reached the final here in 1999. Read More →
BNP Paribas Open Men’s Tennis Update – Mar 11
Indian Wells, California Total Prize Money: $4,500,000 THURSDAY’S FIRST ROUND MATCHES Marco Chiudinelli vs. Ernests Gulbis Pablo Cuevas vs. Frederico Gil Alejandro Falla vs. Florent Serra Ramon Delgado vs. Andreas Beck Bjorn Phau vs. Kevin Anderson Potito Starace vs. Jeremy Chardy Bobby Reynolds vs. Mario Ancic Thiago Alves vs. Rainer Schuettler Guillermo Garcia-Lopez vs. Lukas Lacko Carlos Moya vs. Tim Smyczek Olivier Rochus vs. Fabio Fognini Rajeev Ram vs. Daniel Koellerer Leonardo... [Read The entire article]
Henin cruises into second round at Indian Wells
Henin drilled Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-2, 6-2 at the beautiful Indian Wells Tennis Garden. The Belgian was playing her first tennis since losing to Serena Williams in the Aussie Open final. The 27-year-old Henin titled here in 2004. Read More →
