article_snippet: Russian Sharapova, the second seed, made a fast start to overpower Belgian Yanina Wickmayer early on but then ran into much stiffer resistance before grinding out a 6-1 7-5 win after one hour and 45 minutes of baseline battle.
article_snippet: Belgian Yanina Wickmayer put up some resistance before bowing out in straight sets .
article_snippet: Sharapova, champion at Indian Wells in 2006 and 2013, broke Belgian Yanina Wickmayer's serve three times to sweep through the opening set in just over half an hour,
article_snippet: a crunching forehand crosscourt winner putting Belgian Yanina Wickmayer ahead 6-1.
article_snippet: However, Belgian Yanina Wickmayer was a very different proposition in the second set which went comfortably with serve until a marathon 10th game where Belgian Yanina Wickmayer saved four match points before holding to level at 5-5.
article_snippet: Belgian Yanina Wickmayer's a tough opponent,' world
article_snippet: Belgian Yanina Wickmayer hits the ball quite hard and has an unbelievable serve.
article_snippet: The Russian will next meet Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, who brushed aside Belgian Yanina Wickmayer Kirsten Flipkens 6-2 6-4.
article_snippet: In other matches, fourth seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark battled past Tunisia's Ons Jabeur 7-6(3) 6-4 and fifth-seeded Serb Ana Ivanovic, the 2008 champion here, hammered Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva 6-3 6-1.
highlights_snippet: Maria Sharapova defeated Yanina Wickmayer in the second round .
  