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Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated fellow Russian Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-3 in the Women's final of the NASDAQ-100. With the victory, Kuznetsova will return to the WTA Tour Top 10 when the new official rankings are released April 3.
Roger Federer defeated Ivan Ljubicic in three tiebreak sets 7-6(5), 7-6(4), 7-6(6) in the Men's Final. Ljubicic impressed me with his powerful serve and elegant backhand (which although it made a lot of errors today is still a great stroke). Federer has only lost one match this year, to Rafael Nadal in the Dubia final. After completing the American Master series double of winning Indian Wells and Miani Federer is now concentrating on winning the French Open in order to be the reigning champion at all the major tournaments simultaneously.
Other Interesting Highlights of the Tournament
- Maria Sharapova goes 0 for 11 on contested line calls with the new Hawk-Eye system. Girl, get some contacts!
- The players (men and women) went approximately one out of three on all contested line calls. In other words, the linespeople were correct twice as often as the player.
- James Blake continued to impress with his improved form in his closer-than-the-score-indicates 7-6, 6-4 loss to Roger Federer.
- Kuznetsova looked sharp and ready to make some noise in 2006.
- Martina Navratilova at age 49(!) playing with Liezel Huber made it to the Women's Doubles final against the best women's doubles duo in the world, Samantha Stosur and Lisa Raymond. Navratilova is aiming for her 176th doubles title.
- Roger Federer will probably achieve the Roger Slam but he will not win the Calendar slam this year
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