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Sharapova, Dementieva, and Ivanovic win at Indian Wells

Third seed Maria Sharapova scored a fourth round 7-6(2), 6-1 win over Israel’s Shahar Peer at this week’s Pacific Life Open. Sharapova will face No. 7 seed Anna-Lena Groenefeld in the quarterfinals.

Elena Dementieva easily advanced to the quarterfinals with a straight sets win over Li Na of China. Dementieva, the fourth seed, has had a rough road to the quarterfinals, but she had no problems dispatching Li Na 6-3, 6-2.

Anna Chakvetadze was no match for teenager Ana Ivanovic this afternoon in their fourth round match. Ivanovic advanced to her second quarterfinal of the year after defeating Chakvetadze 6-3, 6-3.

Today’s Links

WTA Tour Results

AUDIO: Martina Hingis’ Press Conference, Pt. 1
AUDIO: Martina Hingis’ Press Conference, Pt. 2
AUDIO: Martina Hingis’ Press Conference, Pt. 3

AUDIO: Lindsay Davenport’s Press Conference, Pt. 1
AUDIO: Lindsay Davenport’s Press Conference, Pt. 2

AUDIO: Maria Sharapova’s Press Conference

TEXT: Elena Dementieva Interview Transcript

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