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Easy for Djokovic, Federer; Clijsters retires injured
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 17 - 03 - 2011

INDIAN WELLS, California: Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic rolled on at the BNP Paribas Open, easily winning third-round matches Tuesday while Kim Clijsters retired with a painful shoulder.
Women's top seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark beat Russia's Alisa Kleybanova 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 – a victory, along with Clijsters' departure, that ensured the Dane will retain her No. 1 world ranking.
Defending champion Jelena Jankovic lost to fellow Serb Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 6-2.
Federer defeated 29th-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina 6-0, 6-2, and Djokovic routed Ernests Gulbis 6-0, 6-1 with temperatures reaching 90 degrees in the desert.
Federer is 16-2 this year, while Djokovic has dropped just three sets during his 14-0 start, including his run to the titles at the Australian Open and Dubai.
“I'm very, very focused. Nowadays, I'm feeling great on the court, and I'm motivated to have more success,” Djokovic said.
Djokovic could knock Federer from the No. 2 ranking this week if he reaches the final or he reaches the semifinals and Federer loses before the quarterfinals.
Andy Roddick beat John Isner 7-5, 6-2 in an all-American night match, improving to 16-2 this year and making himself one of three US men still left.
Maria Sharapova advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-0 win over fellow Russian Dinara Safina under the lights.
Ryan Harrison defeated Canadian Milos Raonic 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-4 in a pairing of wild cards. For winning his first ATP Tour match this year, the 18-year-old American earned a matchup with Federer in the fourth round.
Clijsters, a two-time champion, retired from her fourth-round match against 15th-seeded Marion Bartoli because of a right shoulder injury. She won the first set 6-3 and trailed 3-1 in the second when she left the court. Clijsters' shoulder has bothered her since she won the Australian Open in January. She feels pain during her service motion and when she hits high forehands.
“Something is not the way it should be at the moment in this area, so I'm going to have to figure it out, going to have some tests done,” she said. “I don't want to be in that position where I'm taking medication to cover the pain and not knowing if it's getting worse during my match.”
Clijsters said she plans to fly to Miami for next week's tournament and receive treatment before her first match there. She wants to be fully healed for Belgium's upcoming Fed Cup matches and the clay court season. She turns 28 in June and has been mostly injury-free since returning to tennis two year ago after retiring to get married and have a child.
No. 10 seed Shahar Peer of Israel outlasted fifth-seeded Francesca Schiavone of Italy 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (3), and No. 8 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus got by No. 9 Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3).
Other men's winners were: No. 7 seed Tomas Berdych, No. 12 Stanislas Wawrinka and No. 16 Viktor Troicki. No. 10 Jurgen Melzer lost to Richard Gasquet, 6-1, 6


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