Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Indian Wells: 3rd Round

The 3rd round brings the first opportunity for seeded players to meet other seeds, so here's the seeds who lost in 3rd round action:

Men:
1) Federer to 27) Baghdatis, 7-4 in 3rd set tiebreak; Baggy saves 3 match points in massive win; **Fails to defend semi**
5) Davydenko breaks his wrist, we wish him a quick healing;
10) Verdasco to 19) Berdych, 0 and 3; **Fails to defend quarterfinal**
11) Ferrero to 21) Monaco, 6-3 in the 3rd; Ferrero looks ahead to clay courts;
17) Querrey to 15) Isner, 7-6(3), 6-4; a shame these two had to meet in the 3rd round;
24) Montanes to 9) Tsonga, 6-3 in the 3rd; Good effort from the clay courter;
25) Kohlschreiber to 2) Djokovic, 7-3 in 3rd set tiebreak; Djoker fends off 3 match points, no shame in that;
26) Bellucci to Garcia-Lopez, 6-1 in the 3rd; Bellucci looks ahead to clay courts;
28) Lopez to 6) Soderling, 7-6(3), 6-4;

Women:
3) Azarenka to 28) Martinez Sanchez, 7-6(4), 6-2; There are some results that just stun you; **Fails to defend semi**
9) Pennetta to 17) Peer, 6-1 in the 3rd; Peer continues to impress;
10) Sharapova to 18) Zheng, 6-3 in the 3rd; Maria still struggling to regain form;
14) Clijsters to 23) Kleybanova, 7-4 in 3rd set tiebreak; Have we anointed the Belgians too soon?
15) Schiavone to 19) Rezai, 6-4 in the 3rd; Great back and forth match;
25) Palyuchenkova to 8) Stosur, 3 and 0; Slammin' Sam looking tough and young Russian takes a step back; **Fails to defend semi**
27) Szavay to Suarez Navarro;
31) Dulko to 5) Radwanskia, 1 and 0; The Argentine beats Henin then is blown out by Radwanska??
32) Kirilenko to 2) Wozniacki, 0 and 3;

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