Aces and Faults: Maria Sharapova Beats Errors and Dechy at the Pacific Life Open
Posted by Aaress Lawless on Mar 12, 2007 | Print
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Aces
Maria Sharapova played an error-filled match, but still managed to get past Nathalie Dechy 7-5, 6-2 yesterday at the Pacific Life Open. (Maria Sharapova overcomes miscues to beat France’s Nathalie Dechy)
Justine Henin skipped Indian Wells this week, but she used the extra time to work with her 20 Hearts foundation and give some of the children tennis lessons. (Seven Special Matches)
A dress designed by Luca Luca and worn by Venus Williams is being auctioned on March 26 by the Red Hat Society as part of their Heart Truth red dress exhibit. (Inspiring women to take action)
Now that she has returned to the WTA Tour, Mirjana Lucic hopes to compete for another seven years. (I Will Be Playing For Seven More Years)
The field at the Pacific Life Open this year is undeniably weak, but Joel Drucker has a great article on the reasons behind many of the players’ decisions to skip Indian Wells. (Top players not playing at Indian Wells)
Cara Black and Liezel Huber are one of the top doubles teams to beat in 2007. (Black and Huber Together Again)
Vania King has recently been working with Robert Lansdorp, the former coach of Tracy Austin, Lindsay Davenport, and Maria Sharapova. (King doesn’t want to be a one-year wonder)
Faults
None!
Stars on Court Today
Be sure to check out the rest of today’s schedule at the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour’s Order of Play page.
INDIAN WELLS: Nadia Petrova vs. Laura Granville, Dinara Safina vs. Marion Bartoli, Nicole Vaidisova vs. Ahsha Rolle, Ana Ivanovic vs. Alicia Molik, Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Elena Likhovtseva, Tatiana Golovin vs. Samantha Stosur
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Will.I.am | Mar 12, 2007 | Reply
I remember that 2001 semifinal between Serena and Venus at Indian Wells so well! We had a baseball game that night, and I was rushing home to watch the match, and when I turned on the tv Pam Shriver was interviewing Venus who said she had to pull out. I was so angry! I hated them for like two hours after that.
And then during the final, as Richard and Venus walked into the stadium, they were boed, and I must admit I booed too. Then they booed Serena when she came, and continued to boo her every opportunity they had, even after she won the championship! I just thought the fans there were class-less, and when Richard later reported he heard racial slurs aimed at him and Venus, racist bigots. I don’t blame them for never playing that tournament again and I think the whole Williams family deserves an apology from the tournament directors.