BNP Paribas Open 2011

The semifinals were a repeat of the Відкритий чемпіонат США з тенісу 2009 semis. It was also the first time since 1995 that all four players to reach this stage were Grand Slam champions. En route to the semifinal stage Djokovic broke the record of his Final opponent Nadal for the fewest games lost in the history of Мастерс Індіан-Веллс as well as in the masters series based on four matches. He lost only 12 games to Golubev, Gulbis, Troicki, Gasquet respectively while Nadal lost 13 in the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters 2010. In Indian Wells Стефан Едберг held the previous record with 17 lost games while reaching the 1990 final.[10] The results of the matches were a reverse of the US Open as Djokovic and Nadal won.[11][12][13]

Championship Match Result

Новак Джокович — Рафаель Надаль, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2

Before their quarter final match, Azarenka and Wozniacki led the crowd in a spontaneous tribute to the people of Japan, leading a period of silence as they came out on court with a Japanese flag. The players wrote on the flag a message for Japan; 'Our Thoughts Are With You.' The match itself only lasted three games as Azaerenka had to retire with травму кульшового суглобу.[14]

In the semifinals Bartoli created history as she became the first French woman to reach the final in Indian Wells. Bartoli reached the final losing just four games against Wickmayer.[15] In the other half of the draw Wozniacki was equally dominant losing three games to Sharapova.[16]

Championship Match Result

Каролін Возняцкі — Маріон Бартолі, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3

Championship Match Result

Олександр Долгополов / Ксав'єр Малісс — Роджер Федерер / Стен Вавринка, 6–4, 6–7(5), [10–7][17]

In the first round all the seeds made it safely through apart from second seeds Peschke and Srebotnik, who lost 10–5 in a match tiebreaker. To make it worse, Srebotnik took a hit to the eye leaving her with impaired vision for the rest of the match.[18] While King and Shevdova won their first match back as a pairing and Бетані Маттек-Сендс–Sands pulled off a spectacular 'tweener' for a winner. The second round saw the World Number Ones, Dulko and Pennetta, exit the tournament.[19] Also exiting у другому колі was the Chang and Zheng;[20] and number seven seeds Benesova and Strycova, who lost to Саня Мірза і Олена Весніна.[21]

The quarterfinals witnessed Hantuchová and Radwańska losing just one game against the reigning Wimbledon and US Open champions, while the third seeds Huber and Petrova exited in straight sets to Mettek–Sands and Shaughnessy.[22] Azarenka and Kirilenko were responsible for sending home the wild card team of Jankovic and Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets.[23] Mirza and Vesnina lost just four games against Hantuchová and Radwańska в півфіналі, whilst Mattek–Sands and Shaughnessy received a walkover against Azarenka and Kirilenko, через травму кульшового суглобу sustained by Azarenka.[24] In the final Mirza and Vesnina lost just five games to win the title without dropping a set throughout the tournament.[25]

Championship match result

Саня Мірза / Олена Весніна — Бетані Маттек-Сендс / Меган Шонессі, 6–0, 7–5[25]

The BNP Paribas Open 2011 was the first tournament to have hawkeye technology used on more than three courts. Many tournaments before have had the technology on their show courts (usually only three courts at the Grand Slams) but the Indian Wells Tennis Garden had hawkeye on all eight of its courts.[26]

All money is in US dollars