Maria Sharapova was a 6-2, 6-2 winner Sunday over Caroline Wozniacki on Sunday in the finals of the BNP Paribas Open, capturing her first WTA title of the year and the 28th of her career. Sharapova was the clear aggressor during the one-hour, 21-minute match, as she had more unforced errors than Wozniacki, 25 to 19, but she…
Rafael Nadal rallied past Juan Martin del Potro on Sunday at the 2013 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to capture a record-breaking 22nd ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophy and his third Indian Wells title. Nadal’s win is the latest in his comeback to the pro tour after a seven-month absence due…
Merrick, N.Y.’s Scott Lipsky, along with doubles partner Santiago Gonzalez, fell to the top-ranked team of Bob & Mike Bryan at the 2013 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif. on Thursday night, 4-6, 6-4, 9-11 in just over an hour. Lipsky hit an overhead long at 8-9, which sealed the match for the Bryans to record their…
Caroline Wozniacki advanced to the semifinals of the 2013 BNP Paribas Open over Victoria Azarenka via walkover, after the top-seeded Azarekna was forced to withdraw with a right ankle injury. Azarenka tested her ankle during warm-ups, but decided she was unable to play the 10th-ranked Wozniacki. Azarekna is 17-0 on the year. Wozniacki won the…
Rafael Nadal advanced to the semifinals of the 2013 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., defeating defending Indian Wells champion Roger Federer 6-4, 6-2. Nadal avenged a loss in the semifinals last year to Federer and now holds a 19-10 record head to head against Federer over his career. "I played a fantastic first set,…
Thirteenth-seeded Maria Kirilenko overcame an injury and a mid-match lapse to defeat the fifth-seeded Petra Kvitova 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 at the 2013 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif. to advance to the semifinals of the event. "Finally, I reached the semifinals," said Kirilenko. "I’m really happy I won this match. I had some problems with…
Roger Federer will face Spain’s Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals of the 2013 BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden after Federer defeated his Swiss countryman Stanislas Wawrinka, 6-3, 6-7(4), 7-5 in two hours and 20 minutes. Federer improved to a 13-1 record over Wawrinka as he advanced to the quarterfinals at Indian Wells for…
On Tuesday at the 2013 BNP Paribas Open, Caroline Wozniacki rallied from 5-3 down to win a marathon 65-minute first set before taking a simpler second set to move past the 10th-seeded Nadia Petrova in a two-setter, 7-6(3), 6-3. Wozniacki had won four of her six previous meetings with Petrova. Next up for Wozniacki is the top…
Sam Querrey, the number 23 seed at the 2013 BNP Paribas Open, defeated Australian Marinko Matosevic 7-6(5), 6-7(7), 7-5 on Tuesday to advance to face world number one Novak Djokovic. With the win and Querrey’s trip to the Round of 16, he will become the top ranked American when the ATP Men’s Singles Rankings are released…
Andy Murray advanced to the Round of 16 at the 2013 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., defeating Yen-Hsun Lu 6-3, 6-2. With the win, Murray exacted revenge on Lu for a loss at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Murray advances to play Carlos Berlocq, who defeated the number 16-seed Kei Nishikori 6-2, 6-2. "He started…