Sharapova, Ivanovic win Indian Wells opener

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Maria
Sharapova and Ana
Ivanovic reach the 3rd round in Indian Wells with comfortable wins.

Sharapova

Maria was in full control of the match
against Wickmayer
. The Russian beauty was leading 6-1 5-4 to squander 5 match points and then
have a little battle in the last few games. Eventually Maria’s experience
helped her to conquer the match 6-1 7-5. Match Stats.

Maria will play former world no.1 Vika
Azarenka in the next round. Head to head is 7-6
for Vika that in the nice old days was used to trash Maria. This time it
might be different.

Ivanovic

Ana had a good win against Yulia
Putinseva. The Serbian ad an early break in each set to finally win 6-1
6-3. Match Stats.

Ana will play Carolina
Garcia in the next round. Head to head is 1-all
and the Frenchwoman trashed Ana few days ago in the Monterrey semifinal (6-1
6-4).