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Indian Wells, California<\/strong>: World number one Victoria Azarenka<\/a> of Russia scraped past Mona Barthel<\/a> of Germany 6-4, 6-7 (4\/7), 7-6 (8\/6) in the opening match of the Indian Wells<\/a> Tournament played here. The match lasted for three hours.<\/p>\n

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The 22-year-old World Number one came very close a defeat when a stage she was trailing 4-1, but could survived the scare as Barthel could not cash on in the advantage.<\/p>\n

Azarenka who is now on 18 matches winning streak admitted that she did not play well but the most important thing in spite that is she won.<\/p>\n

Azarenka sealed the deal in the second match point of the tie breaker after being pushed to the egde.<\/p>\n

The win would now see Azarenka play against her compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Jelena Jankovic was stunned by lowly ranked Jamie Hampton in straight sets. Hampton ranked 99 won 6-4, 6-3.<\/p>\n

Other results:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Second round (women\u2019s):
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Li Na bt Galina Voskoboeva 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Petra Kvitova bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-1, 6-3.
Vera Zvonareva bt Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan 6-3, 6-4,
Agnieszka Radwanska bt Sorana Cirstea 6-2, 6-4<\/p>\n

First Round ( Men\u2019s)
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Tommy Haas bt Jarkko Nieminen of Finland 7-6 (11\/9), 6-4
Marcos Baghdatis bt Jeremy Chardy of France 6-3, 6-4.
David Nalbandian bt Polito Starace of Italy 7-6 (7\/4), 6-0
France’s Michael Llodra bt Latvian Ernests Gulbis 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7\/3).<\/p>\n

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By Indian Sports News Network
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