Favorites Henin, Davenport, Hingis Roll at Indian WellsPosted on March 13, 2006 Top seed Justine Henin-Hardenne (d. Pironkova), No. 2 Lindsay Davenport (d. American country Granville, bagel in the second), No. 3 Maria Sharapova (d. Raymond, bagel in the second), and (19) Martina Hingis (d. Bammer, bagel in the first) were marquis players leading the easy march of the top seeds through the early rounds Sunday at the WTA stop in Indian Wells, where the warm(er) and sunny weather returned after brutally-cold conditions on Saturday.
"I was very focused on what I had to do," Henin-Hardenne told reporters concerning the blustery winds early in the day. "The conditions were very difficult, but better than what we would have had yesterday." Other seeded winners into the third round Sunday were (5) Anastasia Myskina (d. (27) Domachowska), (8) Ana Ivanovic (d. Bremond), (10) Dinara Safina (d. (Q) Yuan), (11) Maria Kirilenko (d. Asagoe), (12) Tatiana Golovin (d. Dominguez Lino, bagel in the second), (14) Ai Sugiyama (d. Foretz, bagel in the second), (17) Gisela Dulko (d. Cohen-Aloro), (18) Lucie Safarova (d. (Q) Kirkland from a set down), (20) Marion Bartoli (d. Ani in three), (21) Shahar Peer (d. (LL) Daniilidou from a set down), (22) Anna Chakvetadze (d. Kutuzova), (28) Sania Mirza (d. (Q) Mattek in three), and (29) Anna Smashnova (d. Sucha). Seeds making exits Sunday were (32) Jill Craybas, ousted by Finland's Emma Laine, and (29) Amy Frazier, upset by American countrywoman Shenay Perry, both in straight sets. Scheduled for Monday in Indian Wells are Dementieva vs. Mirza, Henin-Hardenne vs. Nakamura, (WC) Perry vs. Ivanovic, Golovin vs. Dulko, Kirilenko vs. Chakvetadze in an all-Russian, Groenefeld vs. Smashnova, Laine vs. Pennetta, Bartoli vs. Ani, Safarova vs. Sugiyama, and N.Li vs. (WC) King.  |
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