Victoria Azarenka might have a perfect record, but her statistics on Friday were anything but perfect.
BNP Paribas Open 2012 Day 3 Results: Victoria Azarenka, Petra Kvitova Advance On Women’s Side, Bernard Tomic Out Of Men’s Bracket
The No. 1 WTA player in the world had zero aces, 12 double faults and gave up a 5-1 lead in the second set during her first match at BNP Parbias Open.
The Belarian tennis player held on with her serve and outlasted Germany’s Mona Barthel, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6). It was the German’s first time playing at Indian Wells. The match lasted three hours. With the victory, Azarenka moved to 18-0 on the season, including an Australian open title.
No. 3 seeded Petra Kvitova sailed through her match against her Czech opponent dropping only four games.
The upset of the day on the women’s side came from wildcard Jamie Hampton who knocked No. 12 seeded Jelena Jankovic (and former world No. 1 ) from the Southern Cailfornia tournament. Hampton won 6-4, 6-3.
From the men’s bracket, 19-year-old Aussie Bernard Tomic was defeated in three sets by Gilles Muller, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-0. Muller hit 23 aces and won 88 percent of his service points.
Notable winners include: Marcos Baghdatis, Tommy Haas, David Nalbandian, Xavier Malisse, Ryan Sweeting and Nikolay Davydenko.
Matches to watch on Day 4 (seeds in bold):
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) v Johanna Larsson (SWE)
Andy Roddick (USA) vs. Lukasz Kubot (POL)
Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. Andrey Golubev (KAZ)
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) vs. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)
Gisela Dulko (ARG) vs. Maria Sharapova (RUS)
Andy Murray (GBR) vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
John Isner (USA) vs. Frederico Gil (POR)
Samantha Stosur (AUS) vs. Irina Falconi (USA)
Andreas Seppi (ITA) v Mardy Fish (USA)
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