Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia upset second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the Indian Wells final Saturday to win her first title in five years (6-3, 6-4). Hantuchova was seeded 14th, which happened to be the number of unforced errors she made that day. She will rise to number 12 in the world rankings today.
There’s something special about this place. I love it…I was just so confident from the first point, and I didn’t really think about the score. I just went out there and tried to play my game and really just enjoyed every moment on the court. Maybe this time I was much more confident, because I had so many matches this week already behind me already. Mentally, I was just not going to let it go, and I was ready to take whatever it takes to get through this one today.”
– Daniela Hantuchova
In the men’s finals at Indian Wells, Spaniard Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic in just two sets on Sunday (6-2, 7-5). This was his first win since Roland Garros last June. For a record 86 consecutive weeks, Nadal has been ranked No. 2 in the world.
It was a very great week for me, a very, very important week. I have (gone) eight months without any title, but I came back with a big one. Sometimes you’re a little luckier, a little bit more confident. But, well, I wasn’t a disaster in those eight months.”
– Rafael Nadal
