Maria crushes Haynes

Maria Sharapova hit two aces and hammered 15 winners to beat Angela Haynes 6-1, 6-2 to reach the third round of the Indian Wells WTA/ATP Masters Series event in Indian Wells. Maria, who has already won two WTA titles this year, had six backhand winners to Haynes' none in the 67-minute match.

Haynes had three double faults and made 27 unforced errors and a sloppy first set featured five service breaks in seven games. The turning point of the match was when Maria Sharapova broke Haynes in the sixth game of the second set to go up 4-2. "The first match is never easy. You don't know what to expect," Maria said. "I don't play against too many girls ranked ahead of me because I am number three in the world so they have nothing to lose. "But I got a bit of a groove going and then I broke her three times in the first set. I took a chance and went for it on her third serving game in the second set and it paid off."

"The first match is never easy. You don't know what to expect," Maria said. "I don't play against too many girls ranked ahead of me because I am number three in the world so they have nothing to lose. "But I got a bit of a groove going and then I broke her three times in the first set. I took a chance and went for it on her third serving game in the second set and it paid off."
Maria Sharapova had a breakout season in 2004, establishing herself as a top level performer as she compiled a 55-15 record. This is her fourth consecutive appearance at Indian Wells and she is hoping to improve on her round of 16 result here last year.