The stomach virus may have caused some great players to leave the tournament, but the fourth round matches were nonetheless fantastic!
Sharapova had an easy win over Vinci with 6-2, 6-1 but her next opponent, Kirilenko, had to overcome a relentless Petrova: 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 to reach the same quarter finals. Hopefully Kirilenko will take that determination into her match with Sharapova and push her to three sets also.
The next quarter final features Bartoli against Ivanovic. Yes, she did it, she beat Wozniacki! Ivanovic didn't even need three sets to do it: 6-3, 6-2 was enough. To compare: Bartoli lost an equal amount of games to Safarova: 6-1, 6-4. But can we really call it an upset? We sure can call it revenge because Ivanovic hasn't won a match against Wozniacki since 2008.
Na Li defeated Zakopalova: 6-1, 6-0. But one of the fantastic matches I was telling you about was McHale against Kerber. Don't you just love it when two great upsetters clash against each other? I was very sleepy towards their third set and when McHale had a 3-6, 6-3 3-0 lead, I just went to sleep, thinking she would be able to finish it off. What I should have done was keep watching that amazing third set because Kerber won it 7-6(4)! I'm glad we get to see more of her in the quarter final.
The last quarter final will be played between Azarenka and Radwanska. I watched Goerges unsuccesfully try to get the number one in a difficult position. She played too much unforced errors and the match was just slipping away too fast for her. Score was: 6-3, 6-1. Still, it was an interesting match to watch. What I didn't care for was Azarenka's complaining of Goerges quick game. She held her hand up multiple times to slow Goerges' serving down, have you never heard of following the server's speed? Come on Azarenka, you're not a newbie anymore!
Radwanska got a quite challenging opponent: Jamie Hampton. Unfortunately the American was exhausted from her previous matches and had to give up in the third set, after defaulting two games due to cramps. Score was: 6-3, 4-6, 3-0.
Stay posted for some more exciting matches in the quarter finals of Indian Wells!
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