Davenport Bakes Double Bagel at WTA Indian Wells
Posted on March 11, 2006
The seeds took to the court for the first time on Day Three Wednesday at the Pacific Life Open, with (2) Lindsay Davenport (d. (WC) Harkleroad 0-and-0), (3) Maria Sharapova (d. Jackson), (5) Anastasia Myskina (d. Washington), and (19) Martina Hingis (d. (Q) Pin) leading the marquis winners into the third round.
"It's fantastic when you're done, you're watching everyone else in the locker room sweat it out, but it's very tough when rain interrupts play," Davenport told reporters on the rain delay after her match, halting play for almost four hours. "A lot of time it can change the momentum. Players get stiff, you're always unsure of when it will stop. And I think certain players are personally unprepared for it at certain venues."
The attention-junkie Hingis says she loves the applause, but doesn't mind the non-pressure of being a lower seed in the third month of her 2006 comeback.
"Maybe I have this little underdog thing now, not being out there for three years and coming back," Hingis told reporters. "You've seen that in the past with some other athletes and it's nice to feel the same way."
Other seeded winners Friday were (7) Anna-Lena Groenefeld (d. German countrywoman Schruff 1-and-0), (10) Dinara Safina (d. Stosur), (21) Shahar Peer (d. Gagliardi in three), (27) Marta Domachowska (d. Shaughnessy in three), (30) Emilie Loit (d. Raymond from a set down), and (31) Laura Granville (d. Garbin).
Four seeds were humbled by the unseeded Friday in (9) Nathalie Dechy (l. to Ani), (13) Anabel "Funky Cold" Medina Garrigues (l. to Daniilidou), (15) Jelena Jankovic (l. to Sylvia "The Whammer" Bammer), and (23) Catalina Castano (l. to (Q) M.Yuan).
Scheduled for Saturday are Dementieva vs. (Q) Yakimova, (1) Henin-Hardenne vs. Pironkova, (29) Frazier vs. (WC) Perry in an all-American, (Q) Mattek vs. (28) Mirza, Foretz vs. Sugiyama, (Q) Lisjak vs. (6) Pennetta, (20) Bartoli vs. Bychkova, Bremond vs. (8) Ivanovic, (12) Golovin vs. Dominguez Lino, Cohen-Aloro vs. (17) Dulko, (11) Kirilenko vs. Asagoe, (18) Safarova vs. (Q) Kirkland, Sucha vs. (26) Smashnova, (32) Craybas vs. Laine, Kutuzova vs. (22) Chakvetadze, (24) Benesova vs. N.Li, Nakamura vs. (25) Santangelo, and (WC) King vs. Koukalova.
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