16-year-old Odesa native Viktoria Kutuzova became the author of the main sensation of yesterday's match day at the tournament in the town of Indian Wells. The Ukrainian, for whom the tournament organizers provided a wild card, very confidently defeated the 17th seed at the tournament, experienced American Amy Frazier – 6-3, 6-3.
In other matches of the day, the higher-ranked players proved their superiority. Admittedly, world No. 1 and two-time winner of this tournament Lindsay Davenport needed three sets to prove her superiority over Meghan Shaughnessy – 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.
Third-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova won her 10th match in a row and quite easily – Dinara Safina, who already has experience of big victories this year, offered no resistance – 6-2, 6-3.
Other results of the match day are as follows:
Mary Pierce (France, 20) – Nicole Vaidisova (Czech Republic) 6-4, 6-4
Nadia Petrova (Russia, 6) – Lisa Raymond (USA, 31) 6-7 (7-9), 6-3, 6-3.
Nathalie Dechy (France, 7) – Samantha Stosur (Australia, 29) 6-4, 6-7 (9-11), 7-6 (7-4)
Fabiola Zuluaga (Colombia, 19) – Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia, 13) 6-3, 6-2.