Face Of The Day

by Craig Hickman


Reuters

Kim Clijsters of Belgium reacts after losing a point against Alisa Kleybanova of Russia during their match at the Indian Wells WTA tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California, March 15, 2010.

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Women's Singles - Third Round
(28) María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP) d. (3) Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
76(4) 62
(6) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Sara Errani (ITA) 26 76(6) 64
(8) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. (25) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 63 60
(17) Shahar Peer (ISR) d. (9) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 64 67(4) 61
(12) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 62 63
(13) Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Roberta Vinci (ITA) 61 36 63
(23) Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. (14) Kim Clijsters (BEL) 64 16 76(4)
Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) d. (27) Agnes Szavay (HUN) 64 36 61

Azarenka and Clijsters fall on the same day, the defending champ cruises, and Suárez Navarro is picking up steam?

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Women's Doubles - Second Round
(1) Black/Huber (ZIM/USA) d. Amanmuradova/Kustova (UZB/BLR) 62 62
(3) Petrova/Stosur (RUS/AUS) d. Hlavackova/Hradecka (CZE/CZE) 64 60
Peschke/Srebotnik (CZE/SLO) d. Grandin/Spears (RSA/USA) 61 62

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Men's Singles - Third Round
[2] N Djokovic (SRB) d [25] P Kohlschreiber (GER) 63 26 76(3) - Saved 3 M.P.
[3] R Nadal (ESP) d M Ancic (CRO) 62 62
[15] J Isner (USA) d [17] S Querrey (USA) 76(3) 64
[21] J Monaco (ARG) d [11] J Ferrero (ESP) 76(2) 36 63
G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d [26] T Bellucci (BRA) 46 62 61
[19] T Berdych (CZE) d [10] F Verdasco (ESP) 60 63
[20] I Ljubicic (CRO) d [Q] B Dabul (ARG) 62 63

Djoke is becoming a real fighter, his brain farts notwithstanding. When someone stares down the barrel of match point and survives, it deserves applause. And Philip Kohlschreiber didn't exactly choke. He got tentative, and then pressed on a few shots he didn't really have to hit, but he had been doing that all match, so....

The defending champion Rafael Nadal looks like he's trying make a statement, and I'm not just talking about those horrid shorts, John Isner seems to be grasping the torch, Juan Carlos Ferrero's age is showing, and Tomas Berdych beat the crap out of Fernando Verdasco. It wasn't as close as the lopsided score would suggest.

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Men's Doubles - Second Round
[1] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) d J Blake (USA) / A Roddick (USA) 64 36 10-7
[6] S Aspelin (SWE) / P Hanley (AUS) d J Benneteau (FRA) / J Tsonga (FRA) 76(4) 63
I Karlovic (CRO) / D Vemic (SRB) d D Ferrer (ESP) / A Montanes (ESP) 63 46 12-10