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FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2012 INDIAN WELLS: Top seed Victoria Azarenka stormed into the last four of the Indian Wells WTA tournament with a ruthless 6-0 6-2 demolition of Agnieszka Radwanska, improving her record this year to 21-0. The Belarusian world number one will next face Germany’s Angelique Kerber, who upset eighth seed Li Na of China 6-4 6-2 after one hour 23 minutes in Wednesday’s night session. Australian Open champion Azarenka outplayed her Polish opponent from the baseline, coasting through the opening set in 25 minutes and racing to a 5-0 lead in the second before being surprisingly broken. Though fifth-seed Radwanska then held serve for the first time in the match, Azarenka served out to clinch a onesided victory in just over an hour when her opponent netted a forehand. The pony-tailed Belarusian clenched her SCHLADMING: Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal skis down during the season final men’s super-G race at the Alpine ski World Cup finals yesterday. Svindal won the super-G World Cup trophy. — AFP Svindal grabs super-G title SCHLADMING: Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal snatched the super- G title at the Alpine ski World Cup finals yesterday in a race which strengthened the ambitions of Austria’s Marcel Hirscher for the overall title. World Cup overall leader Beat Feuz lost his balance and crashed halfway down the Planai piste, failing to score points in one of his best events. Svindal finished 16th in the last super-G of the season, won by world champion Christof Innerhofer of Italy, but his two rivals for the discipline’s title, Feuz and Didier Cuche, also had a disappointing day, handing the Olympic champion the seventh World Cup trophy of his career. Innerhofer won the race in one minute 21.24 seconds, with a 0.02-second lead over France’s Alexis Pinturault while Hirscher was a surprise third, 0.06 adrift. Swiss Feuz’s hopes for the super- G title vanished in his crash which also dented his prospects in the overall competition. Hirscher’s third place, his first podium place in a speed event, means the Austrian now trails Feuz by 75 points in the overall cup standings with two events left, the slalom and giant slalom which he has dominated all winter. The overall trophy is now expected to go to either Hirscher or Feuz and will be decided on the final weekend of the season. “I made a classic mistake and I skidded out,” said Feuz. “Hirscher is now the favorite but I will keep fighting.” Hirscher was delighted with his unexpected podium place. “It’s almost unreal, I can hardly believe it,” he said. “I was feeling good but I didn’t expect such a result. “I don’t want to make calculations, we’ll make them on Sunday. Feuz showed today that mistakes can happen any time.” With 200 points left to be won, Svindal - 199 points behind in third place - still has the smallest mathematical chance. However, though he is a former world champion in giant slalom, he has not raced slalom in a year and has never finished better than sixth in the discipline. —Reuters Azarenka demolishes Radwanska Li ousted by Germany’s Kerber right fist in delight as she looked at the players’ box, having moved into joint second place in the all-time standings for the best start to a WTA Tour season. Swiss Martina Hingis leads the way with 37 consecutive victories to launch her 1997 campaign while American Serena Williams, with 21 in 2003, and Azarenka are next best. “I was really impressed with the way I played today,” a beaming Azarenka said in a courtside interview after improving her record to 9-3 against Radwanska. “I didn’t expect to win that way. I’m proud how I fought hard and played winning tennis. “I had very good motivation because I knew she’s an excellent player, so I had to come up with a great match today. “I was just really focused on every moment, on every point I played, on every ball I was striking. I didn’t really think about the score,” added the 22- INDIAN WELLS: Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer each needed three sets to reach the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells ATP tournament on Wednesday while Rafa Nadal advanced with a comfortable victory over Alexandr Dolgopolov. Djokovic held off a strong fightback by Spaniard Pablo Andujar to triumph 6-0 6-7 6-2, Federer recovered from a shaky first set to beat Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci 3-6 6-3 6-4 while Nadal eased through 6-3 6-2. Argentina’s David Nalbandian upset sixth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 3-6 7-5 6-3 and seventh seed Tomas Berdych was beaten 6-4 6-0 by Spaniard Nicolas Almagro, who had lost a bad tempered fourth-round match to the Czech at the Australian Open in January. Almagro’s reward for reaching the last eight at Indian Wells for the first time is a matchup with Djokovic. World number one Djokovic battled past unseeded Spaniard Andujar at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden after barely breaking sweat with an attacking display in his opening set. However, the Serb fell 7-5 in a second set tiebreak as Andujar upped his game on the showpiece stadium court. Champion here in 2008 and last year, Djokovic broke his opponent in the first game of the third set, and also in the seventh, before sealing victory on his first match point when the Spaniard hit a forehand service return wide. “My opponent is really a quality player who deserves to be at this stage of the tournament,” Djokovic said in a courtside interview. “He surprised me with his aggressive approach. He was taking the ball early and was playing well. “In the second set, I start playing a little bit more defensive and I think that allowed him to come back to the match. All the credit for him to play the way he played. “And then in the third set I year-old, who converted six of her 12 break points. KERBER UPSET Kerber broke Li twice in the opening set and three times in the second, completing her first win over the Chinese in four career meetings when her opponent hit a backhand service return long. “This is very special,” said the 24-year-old Kerber. “She’s a great player and I had nothing to lose tonight. “My plan was to be aggressive, play my normal game and move very well,” added the German, who saved two match points in her opening match against American Sloane Stephens and three in her fourth-round victory over American Christina McHale. “I am very happy to be in the semis.” Radwanska came into Wednesday’s match with a 20-3 record for this season, regrouped. I managed to stay calm mentally and just find my rhythm again,” added the Serb, who won his fifth grand slam crown at the Australian Open two months ago. COMMANDING WIN Nadal, Indian Wells champion in 2007 and 2009, broke pony-tailed Ukrainian Dolgopolov once in the opening set and twice in the second to wrap up a commanding win in one hour, 16 minutes. “He is a very difficult player to play against,” the Spanish left-hander said of Dolgopolov. “He hits very hard, produces winners from every part of the court. He is a funny player, good for tennis. “I started very strong and he made a few mistakes, more than usual, with his backhand, which helped me a lot. Being in the quarter-finals here is fantastic for me,” added Nadal, who has reached the semi-finals in his last six attempts at Indian Wells and will next take on Nalbandian. For the second day in a row, triple champion Federer lost the open- Sports all three of her defeats coming against Azarenka. “She played very well today, just way too good,” the 23-year-old from Krakow said. “She was hitting really well with pretty much no mistakes and making the winners from those shots I didn’t really expect. “I had some chances, but when you’re not really taking those chances against good players, then you’re going down. It was just her day.” Radwanska, a winner of eight WTA singles titles, took some consolation from her projected rise to a career-high fourth when the new rankings are issued on Monday. “I didn’t really expect that,” she smiled. “From the beginning of the year, my first time at No. 6, then No 5, and now No 4, and it’s only March. “I’m very happy about that, of course. I’m just hoping that I can play some good tennis, especially in the grand slams.” — Reuters Ailing Federer finds a way into last eight Djokovic, Federer, Nadal advance INDIAN WELLS: Mirka Federer, Miyla Rose Federer and Charlene Riva Federer in attendance during the match between Roger Federer of Switzerland and Tomaz Bellucci of Brazilat the Indian Wells Tennis Garden California. —AFP ing set but he then broke Bellucci in the first and ninth games of the second to level the match. The final set went with serve until the Swiss maestro broke the 50th-ranked Brazilian in the 10th game, converting his second match point when the left-hander hit a forehand long. “It’s always great to come through in a three-setter,” said 16-times grand slam champion Federer, who has been trying to shake off a flu bug and slight temperature. “I thought Thomaz played great. “I struggled early on to make the transition from night (session) to day. I’m happy and relieved to be through and still alive in the tournament.” Federer will next play ninth seed Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina who overcame Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin 7-6 6-7 6-2. Big-serving American John Isner powered past Australian qualifier Matthew Ebden 6-4 7-5 to set up a meeting in the last eight with Frenchman Gilles Simon, who beat American Ryan Harrison 7-6 5- 7 6-1 — Reuters
FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2012 INDIAN WELLS: Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, returns a shot to Agnieszka Radwanska, of Poland, during a match at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells, Calif. — AP www.kuwaittimes.net Anniversary Years NBA - Knicks rout Blazers Page 62 Azarenka demolishes Radwanska Page 63
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