Top seed Caroline Wozniacki, whose opponent pulled out with a painful injury, eased into the Indian Wells semi-finals where she was joined by Maria Sharapova on Thursday. Wozniacki, of Denmark, was ahead 3-0 when Victoria Azarenka packed it in after taking a lengthy medical timeout to receive treatment for an injury to the left side of her hip.
The eighth seed Azarenka suffered the setback just 10 minutes into the match on the second point of the third game while stretching to try and return a shot. World number one Wozniacki, who is good friends with Azarenka, said she was sorry to have to win that way.
"Victoria is one of my best friends on the tour, and to see her in pain on the court and to see her get injured was not nice for sure," Wozniacki said. "I would like to have won it in another way, but I'm through to the semi-finals." Wozniacki moves on to play three-time grand slam champion Sharapova who defeated China's Peng Shuai 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in a two-hour, 22-minute marathon quarter-final.
Wozniacki beat Azarenka for the fourth time in six career meetings and has now reached the semi-finals in her last four tournaments. "I have had so many good results lately," Wozniacki said. "Everything is working out for me. "I am living the dream I have had since I was a little girl. This is what I dreamed of playing in these stadiums."
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