Wozniacki exits, Azarenka stays on course
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March 15, 2012, Thursday
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WORLD No. 1 Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova stayed on track for a mouth-watering showdown in the final of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells while defending champion Caroline Wozniacki was beaten by Ana Ivanovic on Tuesday.
Top-seeded Belarusian Azarenka eased into the last eight with a ruthless 6-3, 6-1 demolition of Germany's Julia Goerges before Russia's second seed Sharapova swept past Italian Roberta Vinci 6-2, 6-1.
Dane Wozniacki, however, was ousted by 2008 winner Ivanovic, who produced sizzling tennis from the baseline to triumph 6-3, 6-2 in the fourth round. The Serb will next meet seventh seed Marion Bartoli of France after she breezed past Czech Lucie Safarova 6-1, 6-4.
Azarenka broke Goerges three times in each set before sealing victory with an ace to end the match in just over an hour on the showpiece stadium court. The Belarusian won her first grand slam crown at the Australian Open in January and is 20-0 this year. She will next face fifth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland.
Radwanska, who won her eighth WTA title in Doha last month, advanced when American wildcard Jamie Hampton retired with cramp when trailing 6-3, 4-6, 3-0.
"I take it day by day and after that we will see what happens," Azarenka told reporters of her perfect start to the season. "I have to keep my focus on every moment, every day."
The 22-year-old has launched her 2012 campaign with three WTA titles and said complacency was not in her vocabulary.
Other winners included No. 7 Marion Bartoli; No. 8 Li Na; and 18th-seeded Angelique Kerber, who beat American Christina McHale in a third-set tiebreaker.
Roger Federer outlasted hard-serving Milos Raonic 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4 in the fourth round, extending his run of winning 35 of 37 matches since last year's US Open.
Rafael Nadal didn't have as much trouble in beating fellow Spaniard Marcel Granollers 6-1, 6-4. No. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga advanced but fifth-seeded David Ferrer lost for just the second time this year, 6-4, 6-3 to Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan.
Top-seeded Belarusian Azarenka eased into the last eight with a ruthless 6-3, 6-1 demolition of Germany's Julia Goerges before Russia's second seed Sharapova swept past Italian Roberta Vinci 6-2, 6-1.
Dane Wozniacki, however, was ousted by 2008 winner Ivanovic, who produced sizzling tennis from the baseline to triumph 6-3, 6-2 in the fourth round. The Serb will next meet seventh seed Marion Bartoli of France after she breezed past Czech Lucie Safarova 6-1, 6-4.
Azarenka broke Goerges three times in each set before sealing victory with an ace to end the match in just over an hour on the showpiece stadium court. The Belarusian won her first grand slam crown at the Australian Open in January and is 20-0 this year. She will next face fifth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland.
Radwanska, who won her eighth WTA title in Doha last month, advanced when American wildcard Jamie Hampton retired with cramp when trailing 6-3, 4-6, 3-0.
"I take it day by day and after that we will see what happens," Azarenka told reporters of her perfect start to the season. "I have to keep my focus on every moment, every day."
The 22-year-old has launched her 2012 campaign with three WTA titles and said complacency was not in her vocabulary.
Other winners included No. 7 Marion Bartoli; No. 8 Li Na; and 18th-seeded Angelique Kerber, who beat American Christina McHale in a third-set tiebreaker.
Roger Federer outlasted hard-serving Milos Raonic 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4 in the fourth round, extending his run of winning 35 of 37 matches since last year's US Open.
Rafael Nadal didn't have as much trouble in beating fellow Spaniard Marcel Granollers 6-1, 6-4. No. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga advanced but fifth-seeded David Ferrer lost for just the second time this year, 6-4, 6-3 to Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan.
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