Mauresmo Bounced in Error-Strewn Display at WTA Indian Wells
Posted on March 14, 2005No. 2 seed Amelie Mauresmo kicked in nine double faults and 45 unforced errors en route to exiting the WTA Indian Wells event Sunday, blowing a set lead with a 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 loss to No. 30th-seeded 18-year-old Russian Evgenia Linetskaya.
"It's a big disappointment, especially having played the way I did today," said Mauresmo, who blew a match point at 5-4 in the third, pushing a forehand wide in another in a long line of big-moment chokes. "You can lose some matches, but as long as I felt that I played some good tennis and that the opponent won it, then it's okay. I don't really feel it was the case today."
Other seeded losers on the day were (24) Iveta Benesova (l. to (Q) Fujiwara in two tiebreaks), (28) Anabel Medina Garrigues (l. to (Q) Kirilenko), and (32) Maria Vento-Kabchi (l. to (5) Kuznetsova).
Other seeded winners were (4) Elena Dementieva (d. Beltrame 7-6 in the third), (14) Tatiana Golovin (d. (Q) Diaz-Oliva in three), and (23) Conchita Martinez (d. (WC) Jackson).
"That was a very tough match to win today," Dementieva said. "I think I played the worse tennis in my life, and it just was a tough -- with my serve, I couldn't serve. I was missing every single forehand, which was one of my favorite shots to make. I just wanted to win this match. It was windy and sunny, but there was no excuse for me to play this way."
Unseeded Kim Clijsters also moved into the fourth round with a straight-set win over Russian Anna Chakvetadze.
The former No. 1 was happy to now have three match wins in a row, "And without pain," Clijsters said. "For me, that's my first thing, my first goal, like that I'm the most satisfied about, is that my wrist is holding up."
Scheduled for Monday are (1) Davenport vs. (27) Shaughnessy in an all-American, (3) Maria "Grunt-o-meter" Sharapova vs. (25) Dinara "Little Sis" Safina in an all-Russian, (29) Stosur vs. (7) Dechy, the Czech 16-year-old Vaidisova vs. (20) Pierce, (31) Raymond vs. (6) Petrova, (19) Fabiola "The Fabulous One" Zuluaga vs. (13) Hantuchova, Craybas vs. 16-year-old (WC) Jessica "Captain" Kirkland in an all-American, and (17) Amy "Joltin' Joe" Frazier vs. the 16-year-old Ukrainian (WC) Kutuzova.
"It's a big disappointment, especially having played the way I did today," said Mauresmo, who blew a match point at 5-4 in the third, pushing a forehand wide in another in a long line of big-moment chokes. "You can lose some matches, but as long as I felt that I played some good tennis and that the opponent won it, then it's okay. I don't really feel it was the case today."
Other seeded losers on the day were (24) Iveta Benesova (l. to (Q) Fujiwara in two tiebreaks), (28) Anabel Medina Garrigues (l. to (Q) Kirilenko), and (32) Maria Vento-Kabchi (l. to (5) Kuznetsova).
Other seeded winners were (4) Elena Dementieva (d. Beltrame 7-6 in the third), (14) Tatiana Golovin (d. (Q) Diaz-Oliva in three), and (23) Conchita Martinez (d. (WC) Jackson).
"That was a very tough match to win today," Dementieva said. "I think I played the worse tennis in my life, and it just was a tough -- with my serve, I couldn't serve. I was missing every single forehand, which was one of my favorite shots to make. I just wanted to win this match. It was windy and sunny, but there was no excuse for me to play this way."
Unseeded Kim Clijsters also moved into the fourth round with a straight-set win over Russian Anna Chakvetadze.
The former No. 1 was happy to now have three match wins in a row, "And without pain," Clijsters said. "For me, that's my first thing, my first goal, like that I'm the most satisfied about, is that my wrist is holding up."
Scheduled for Monday are (1) Davenport vs. (27) Shaughnessy in an all-American, (3) Maria "Grunt-o-meter" Sharapova vs. (25) Dinara "Little Sis" Safina in an all-Russian, (29) Stosur vs. (7) Dechy, the Czech 16-year-old Vaidisova vs. (20) Pierce, (31) Raymond vs. (6) Petrova, (19) Fabiola "The Fabulous One" Zuluaga vs. (13) Hantuchova, Craybas vs. 16-year-old (WC) Jessica "Captain" Kirkland in an all-American, and (17) Amy "Joltin' Joe" Frazier vs. the 16-year-old Ukrainian (WC) Kutuzova.