Although it happened about two weeks ago, I thought I’d show you guys a clip from the quarterfinal women’s match where Maria Kirilenko faced Maria Sharapova. Two point away from the end of the match, Kirilenko apparently tapped her racquet a few times against the court during the point and the point was subsequently stopped by the referee and called a hindrance. If you didn’t catch that while you were there or watching on TV, here’s your chance for a replay of the incident.
Victoria Azarenka has confirmed she is the best female tennis player in the world with another dominating display against Maria Sharapova. Preivously it was in the Australian Open final, but today she defeated Sharapova in the Indian Wells 2012 final. Azarenka showed another great performance and won 6-2 6-3.
Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond are on top of the world and have just won the Indian Wells 2012 Womens Doubles title. Huber and Raymond swept aside Mirza and Vesnina in the final 6-2 6-3.
Huber and Raymond have already won the Paris, Doha and Dubai titles in February, so whats an extra title!!
“Right now we’re just playing well,” Raymond said. “When we step on the court we feel the other team is going to have to play really well to beat us, whether or not there are tough conditions. We’ve proven that over the past few weeks. And even if anyone ever thinks we’re down and out, we’ll find a way to win.”
“If we’re ever having a bad moment we try to keep it as short as possible,” Huber said. “Like if I’ve made an error or two errors, I know it’s not permanent, just take two minutes, forgive yourself and move on. Just think of the next game.
“Our run has been unbelievable – we’ve come close to losing at times, but we’ve worked very hard, and the hard work has been showing in our great results.”
Ana Ivanovic played some great tennis yesterday at the Indian Wells 2012 tournament. Ivanovic won through over defending champion Caroline Wozniacki 6-3 6-2.
“I was really looking for opportunities, and, you know, trying to come in, as well, whenever I had chance, and trying to step in from both sides and trying to stay calm in my serve and execute the way I was executing in practice,” said Ivanovic in her post match press conference. “I really managed to do that well today.”
Rafael Nadal seems to be playing some great tennis at Indian Wells so far. Here are some picture taken during his first round match a couple of days ago.
Caroline Wozniacki had an amazingly tough match against Sofia Arvidsson at the Indian Wells tournament where she was down a set and 4-5. In the end Wozniacki responded amazingly well and reeled off nine of the last 11 games in rallying for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory.
Matthew Ebden has had yet another great win at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. Ebden defeated Julien Benneteau in the first round and now he has defeated Mardy Fish (world number 8).
Ebden defeated Fish 6-3 6-4 in one hour and 25 mintures. This is Ebden’s first win against a top 10 player and even if he losses his next round match to John Isner, he will pick up some great points and move much higher than 91 in the world.
“Especially in America, to beat the top player here is, it’s an incredible feeling,” Ebden said. “Very big win. I’m pleased with my progress.”
Christina McHale defeated Petra Kvitova 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 on Sunday at the Indian Wells 2012 tournament. This is the biggest win of McHale’s career so far and takes her into the round of 16 in Indian Wells.
“She started off really well, serving really well,” noted McHale. “I couldn’t get a read on her serve in the first set, and I wasn’t moving very well, either.
“And then I just kind of hung in there early in the second, and then she started she played one service game where she gave me a couple of loose errors, and then I just kind of kept hanging in there, and then I got more comfortable as the match went on.
WTA Tour stars were all out in force at the Indian Wells players party. Here is what they had to say about Dancing. Do they dance? Who do they want to dance with?
Irina Falconi is one of the rising American female stars on the WTA Tour. Irina is blogging directly from the Indian Wells tournament this week. If you want to hear what she has to say then check out the link below.
Thanks to Adidas we were lucky enough to have a phone interview with Maria Kirilenko direct from Indian Wells. Clare was our reporter and she did a great job. All the questions she asked were grabbed directly from our introduction post or via Twitter.
