Azarenka scrapes thru'

World number one Victoria Azarenka survived an opening-match scare to beat Mona Barthel 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (8/6) in a three-hour marathon at the Indian Wells tournament Friday.
The 22-year-old Azarenka appeared headed for disaster, trailing 4-1 in the third set but the unseeded German Barthel could not close the deal.
The win means Azarenka, who claimed her first Grand Slam title in Melbourne, will face Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round, who advanced after Swiss Timea Bacsinszky pulled out of their match with a wrist injury.
Former Indian Wells winner Jelena Jankovic became the first seed to crash out Friday, losing in straight sets 6-4, 6-3 to world No. 99 Jamie Hampton.
The 12th seeded Jankovic blamed her second round loss on fatigue, specifically the jet lag from flying all the way from southeast Asia and then arriving in the California desert on Monday night.
Reigning French Open champion Li Na came from behind to take her opening second-round match against Galina Voskoboeva 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.