Roger Federer and Victoria Azarenka win Indian Wells Tennis

Sunday was a busy day at the Indian Wells as two singles finals attracted the world attention to the Indian Wells. Fans of all four playing the finals were glued to the tv screens at home, outside the arena besides the jam packed audience inside the hard courts where the finals were being played.

Roger Federer and Victoria Azarenka win Indian Wells Tennis

The first final was that of the women's single title between Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova - the screaming girls. Azarenka overpowered World Number2 Russian Sharapova in easy straight sets 6-2 and 6-3. This was quite opposite to what many speculated. It seemed Sharapova wasn't herself in Sunday's final for giving away the race to the Indian Wells title so easily. In fact Sharapova kept hitting close to the lines and missing.

The women's final was a rematch of the Australian Open final, which Azarenka won 6-3, 6-0 in January to keep Sharapova from regaining the No. 1 ranking.

Azarenka becomes a rich girl as she was awarded $1 million, the richest winner's checks in the tournament's history. Sharapova earned $500,000. 

In the second final for men's single title, World Number three Sweiss Roger Federer won over 11th seeded American John Inser 7-6, 6-3. Unlike Sharapova, Inser did give stiff resistance in the first set, but was finally subdued to let Federer win the Indian Wells title for the fourth time, though not in succession.

For Federer, this was a God sent opportunity as he was about to abandon the tournament before his oening match becasue of a lingering flu bug. The win of the first Masters 1000 of the season definately elevates him and let him concentrate more to win many Grand Slams that are to follow later this year.