Women Tennis Update – Miami Thursday, March 28, 2013

Written by: Staff on 27th March 2013

Women Tennis Update - Miami Thursday, March 28, 2013

epa03629951 Maria Sharapova of Russia returns a shot to Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament women's final match in Indian Wells, California, USA, 17 March 2013. Sharapova won the match and the tournament. EPA/PAUL BUCK |

Miami

Singles – Quarterfinal: (3) Maria Sharapova def. (8) Sara Errani 7-5 7-5

Maria Sharapova was making errors by the truckload in this match — not a good idea against Sara Errani, who is very good at stretching out points. It’s a big reason the match went two and a half hours despite finishing in two sets. They played 206 points in those 24 games — an average of more than eight points per game. So Errani will remain stuck at #7; Angelique Kerber will keep the #6 ranking… for now.

Singles – Quarterfinal: (22) Jelena Jankovic def. (15) Roberta Vinci 6-4 6-7(6-8) 6-3

After Jelena Jankovic lost the second set of this, it seemed inevitable that she would have another of her slow fizzle-downs. We’ve seen too many of those lately! But she managed to come back, and will rise to #18. Roberta Vinci will have to settle for #13; she would have been #12 had she won.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: (3) Petrova/Srebotnik def. (8) Goerges/Shvedova 6-4 7-6(7-3)

Nadia Petrova won’t rise above #3 any time soon, but at the rate things are going, Katarina Srebotnik might well be Top Five before summer rolls around.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: Kuznetsova/Pennetta def. (5) Huber/Martinez Sanchez walkover

It seems as if health is always an issue for Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and those around her….

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