{"id":5862,"date":"2012-05-09T05:29:06","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T05:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=5862"},"modified":"2012-05-09T05:29:06","modified_gmt":"2012-05-09T05:29:06","slug":"azarenka-sharapavo-in-third-round-of-madrid-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=5862","title":{"rendered":"Azarenka, Sharapavo in third round of Madrid Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Madrid<\/strong>: Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova won their respective matches at the Madrid Open on Tuesday to make it to the third round of the tournament. Azarenka beat Andrea Hlavackova 6-3, 7-6(2) whereas after Maria Sharapova saw off Klara Zakopalova 6-4, 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the men\u2019s action Milos Raonic defeated David Nalbandian 6-4, 6-4 in a first round matchup on Tuesday to set up a clash with the former World number one Roger Federer.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Melzer pulled up an upset victory over the 13th-seeded Feliciano Lopez 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-4. He would now meet Stanislas Wawrinka who saw off the Olivier Rochus\u2019 challenge 6-4, 7-6(3).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Results<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women<\/strong>: Second round: Ana Ivanovic bt Nadia Petrova 7-5, 6-1; Lucie Safarova bt Carla Suarez Navarro 6-3, 6-4.Maria Sharapova bt Klara Zakopalova 6-4, 6-3; Victoria Azarenka bt Andrea Hlavackova 6-3, 7-6(2); Petra Cetkovska bt Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-4, 7-5; Samantha Stosur bt Christina McHale 2-6, 6-4, 6-0; Li Na bt Silvia Soler-Espinosa 6-3, 6-1; Angelique Kerber bt Venus Williams 6-4, 6-1.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Men<\/strong>: First round: Jurgen Melzer bt Feliciano Lopez 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-4; Gilles Simon bt Fabio Fognini 6-7(1), 6-3, 6-3; Milos Raonic bt David Nalbandian 6-4, 6-4; Marcel Granollers bt Carlos Berlocq 7-5, 3-6, 7-5; Juan-Martin del Potro bt Florian Mayer 6-4, 6-2; Gael Monfils bt Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-5, 6-7(2), 6-3; Fernando Verdasco bt Denis Istomin 7-5, 6-2;Federico Delbonis bt Albert Ramos 6-3, 6-2; Radek Stepanek bt Bernard Tomic 6-2, 7-5; Marin Cilic bt Albert Montanes 6-3, 6-3; Andreas Seppi bt Michael Llodra 7-5, 6-4; Stanislas Wawrinka bt Olivier Rochus 6-4, 7-6(3); Alexandr Dolgopolov bt Pablo Andujar 7-6(5), 6-4.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Madrid: Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova won their respective matches at the Madrid Open on Tuesday to make it to the third round of the tournament. Azarenka beat Andrea Hlavackova 6-3, 7-6(2) whereas after Maria Sharapova saw off Klara Zakopalova 6-4, 6-3. \u00a0 In the men\u2019s action Milos Raonic defeated David Nalbandian 6-4, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[2577,4307,433,4298,1740,1780,4309,234,4308,1714],"class_list":["post-5862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world-tennis-news","tag-david-nalbandian","tag-feliciano-lopez","tag-jurgen-melzer","tag-madrid-open","tag-maria-sharapova","tag-milos-raonic","tag-olivier-rochus","tag-roger-federer","tag-stanislas-wawrinka","tag-victoria-azarenka"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Azarenka, Sharapavo in third round of Madrid Open - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=5862\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Azarenka, Sharapavo in third round of Madrid Open - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0 Madrid: Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova won their respective matches at the Madrid Open on Tuesday to make it to the third round of the tournament. 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