Rafael Nadal battled past James Blake in Indian Wells to set up a semi-final meeting with Novak Djokovic.
Nadal, the second seed, defeated Blake 7-5 3-6 6-3 to reach the last four where he will meet the Australian Open champion, who earlier beat Stanislas Wawrinka in straight sets.
The semi-final meeting will be a repeat of last [...]
Top seed Ana Ivanovic continued her impressive run at the Pacific Life Open this week by claiming a semi-final spot with a 6-1 6-4 victory over Russian Vera Zvonareva.
The Serbian won the baseline battle in just over an hour at Indian Wells to set up a clash with third seed Jelena Jankovic, who benefited from [...]
Rafael Nadal scraped through his fourth-round tie with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Pacific Life Open, the defending champion coming from one set down and 5-2 behind in the third set to eventually win 6-7 7-6 7-5 on Wednesday.
The Spaniard therefore gained revenge of sorts for the Frenchman’s victory in the Australian Open semi-final at the [...]
Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova came through 7-5 6-3 against Eleni Daniilidou at Indian Wells on Sunday night.
The Russian fourth seed is now 16-0 in 2008, although she made hard work of her 25th ranked opponent.
Next up for Sharapova is Amelie Mauresmo’s conqueror Alona Bondarenko, but defending champion Daniela Hantuchova could still lay in wait [...]
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