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Andy Murray won with a sub-par performance while Roger Federer stayed cool under pressure as both seeds advanced. Australian Open winner Stanislas Wawrinka maintained championship form at his first event in a month, crushing Italian Andreas Seppi 6-0, 6-2.
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Stanislas Wawrinka confirmed that a long rest of nearly a month was exactly what he needed to clear his head and prepare for a resumption of tennis after winning the Australian Open.
Elena Baltacha's tennis career was for the most part a battle against superior forces such as illness, injury and opposing players she admitted were far more talented. Yet she made her mark by becoming Britain’s first woman to figure in the world’s top 50 since Anne Hobbs 24 years previously.
This was by no means as easy and straightforward as it looks; it took more than an hour, and if we did this right, Agnieszka Radwanska's first hold of the second set lasted 22 points! Radwanska is assured the #3 ranking; Annika Beck will probably be #43.
The city of Indian Wells receives an annual $5 million in economic value for the $351,000 it invests in the tournament, according to a report obtained by the Palm Springs newspaper, The Desert Sun.
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Eugenie Bouchard (Westmount, QC) advanced to the fourth round of a WTA Premier event for the first time in her career of Sunday at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California.
Maria Sharapova looked strong in the first match of her title defense, but she is still only #7
Laura Robson may be currently sidelined from WTA action because of a painful left wrist but that doesn't stop the top ranked British player on the women’s circuit from changing around her support team and for the fourth time in little more than a year she has announced a new coach, Mauricio Hadad.
Alexandra Cadantu won't move above her current #59, but Coco Vandeweghe looks as if she just might have a shot at a Top Hundred return -- especially since she faces Petra Kvitova next, and if nothing else there is the chance that Kvitova will get sick again...
"Yo Yo" is the newest addition to the Xavier Malisse family. So far he seems to have his daddy's talent for playing awesome ball. The "X MAN " is here in Indian Wells @ the BNP Paribas Open.
Still no significant wins for Vera Zvonareva in her comeback (she did beat one wildcard ranked #357). At least she gets the showing-up points, which will help a little; she should go from #634 to around #580.
Martina Hingis intimated she had played her last match on the WTA scene when her doubles partnership with Daniela Hantuchova hardly set the world on fire last year but clearly the 33 year-old has been re-energized by coaching Sabine Lisicki and now the pair have entered the women’s doubles event at Indian Wells’ BNP Paribas Open.
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