Vera Zvonareva of Russia defeated Ana Ivanovic of Serbia 7-6 (5), 6-2 to take home the Indian Wells Tennis Tournament title . The wind was also very gusty for their match, getting all the way up to the 40 mph range.
Zvonareva also won the doubles title with partner Victoria Azarenka . She now joins Lindsay Davenport as the only woman to win both the singles and doubles match at Indian Wells. Davenport won in 1997 and 2000.

Quite a few errors caused Ivanovic caused her the tie breaker and also the second set. She made a total of 46 unforced errors, …read more

(Pictured above: Jelena Jankovic of Serbia hits a return against Yvonne Meusburger of Austria during their women’s singles first round match on the first day of the 2009 Australian Open in Melbourne on Jan. 19, 2009. Jankovic won 6-1, 6-3.)
The Australian Open is in full swing! The matches started today (yesterday in Australia), January 19th. Here are the Day 1 results for the women:
(1) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) 61 63 (3) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 63 64 (5) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. Julia Goerges (GER) 75 63 …read more