
Upset City at Indian Wells
Jelena Jankovic is out in the second round of Indian Wells. I watched Jelena practice and play at Madison Square Garden last week, during the Billie Jean King Cup; she didn't look to be in top form....could this be a sign that Jankovic isn't going to win her first Grand Slam during the 2009 season? most likely, yes.
BNP Paribas Open
Indian
$4,500,000 (Premier)
Hard / Outdoors
March 11-22, 2009
Results - Saturday, March 14, 2009
Singles - Second Round
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. (2) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 64 64
(Q)
(5) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. (Q) Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR) 64 63
(7) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Samantha Stosur (AUS) 36 63 75
(Q) Kristina Barrois (GER) d. (11) Alizé Cornet (FRA) 62 62
(12) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. (WC) Sania Mirza (
Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) d. (14) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 76(6) 60
Vera Dushevina (RUS) d. (15) Zheng Jie (CHN) 62 62
(Q) Angela Haynes (
(21) Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. Tamira Paszek (AUT) 63 62
(22) Agnes Szavay (HUN) d.
(23) Sybille Bammer (AUT) d. Roberta Vinci (ITA) 62 63
(25) Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. Lucie Safarova (CZE) 63 63
Karin Knapp (ITA) d. (27) Sara Errani (ITA) 62 32 ret. (left thigh strain)
(30) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 57 63 76(4)
(31) Gisela Dulko (ARG) d. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (
Doubles - Second Round
Kudryavtseva/Rodionova (RUS/RUS) d. Bondarenko/Bondarenko (UKR/UKR) 64 46 104 (Match TB)
(WC) Mattek-Sands/Washington (USA/USA) d. (WC) Kuznetsova/Mauresmo (RUS/FRA) 46 75 106 (Match TB)
Order of Play - Sunday, March 15, 2009
Stadium 1 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Zvonareva vs. Kvitova
2. ATP: Djokovic vs. Vassallo Arguello (NB 13.00hrs)
3. Safina vs. Peng (NB 14.00hrs)
4. ATP: Nadal vs. Berrer
5. ATP: Koellerer vs. Roddick (NB 19.00hrs)
6. ATP: Bryan/Bryan vs. Allegro/Federer
Stadium 2 (from 11.00hrs)
1. ATP: Chardy vs. Fish
2. ATP: Sweeting vs. del Potro
3. ATP: Melzer vs. Dent
4. Peer vs. Chakvetadze
5. ATP: Massú vs. Safin
6. Mauresmo vs. Li (NB 20.30hrs)
Stadium 3 (from 11.00hrs)
1. ATP: Ferrer vs. Widom
2. Vaidisova vs. Craybas
3. ATP: Monfils vs. Isner
4. ATP: Kendrick vs. Nalbandian
5. ATP: Stepanek vs. Querrey
6. Vesnina vs. Azarenka
Court 4 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Wozniacki vs. Kanepi
2. ATP: Haas vs. Schuettler
3. Glatch vs. U.Radwanska
4. ATP: Berdych vs. Troicki
5. ATP: Mirnyi/Ram vs. Damm/Lindstedt
Court 5 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Llagostera Vives/Martínez Sánchez vs. Makarova/Poutchek
2. Black/Huber vs. Kleybanova/Niculescu
3. ATP: López/Verdasco vs. Fyrstenberg/Matkowski
4. Yan/Zheng vs. Kirilenko/Pennetta
5. ATP: Gasquet/Wawrinka vs. Nestor/Zimonjic
Court 6 (from 11.00hrs)
1. ATP: Kiefer vs. Reynolds
2. ATP: Seppi vs. Wawrinka
3. ATP: Russell vs. Tursunov
4. ATP: Ancic/Tsonga vs. Melo/Sa
5. ATP: Parrott/Polasek vs. González/Robredo
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Harry Cicma tackles the hot topics in tennis, sharing his insight on the favorites, tournament news and players to watch. Harry was ranked for three years on the ATP Tour doubles circuit and played four years of NCAA Division-I tennis at Rutgers University. He now covers all sports as a TV producer/anchor on NBC in Southern New England.
dear harry,
which player do you expect to perform well in this tournament ? It is really though to predict ...
Murray ? del potro ? Tsonga ? Fish ? Djokovic?
Finally, do you think azarenka has a chance to win her first master series ?
Regards
Novak will be tough to beat...Im not convinced that Azarenka has the goods yet.
I agree...no grand slams for Jankovic! Great Call Harry! Love your blogs buddy...keep up the great work!
Thanks My great friend...you're a great ATP coach...catch up soon...GO TENNIS! -HC
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