Dementieva dumped out in Indian Wells

Indian Wells 2009

Pre-tournament favourite Elena Dementieva suffered a shock defeat in the second round of the WTA event in Indian Wells on Saturday.  Third seed Dementieva was beaten 7-6 2-6 6-1 by Czech Petra Cetkovska.

Russian Dementieva hit a total of 14 double faults, eight in the first set, as she suffered her earliest defeat in the Indian Wells tournament since 2003.

Dementieva, who began the year with back-to-back titles in Auckland and Sydney and then reached the semi-finals at the Australian Open, blamed her hectic schedule so far in 2009 for her lacklustre effort.

"I just think my mind wasn't there," she said. "I was not really excited about playing this match and I just didn't play at all.

"I think I should not have come here because I did not have enough time to recover after playing so many matches at the beginning of the year. I needed a much longer break to get ready to play at my best."

World number 71 Cetkovska, in her first Indian Wells appearance, snatched the first set 7-2 on a tiebreak. Dementieva levelled in the second set before falling apart in the third.

The 24-year-old Cetkovska said the victory was the best of her career.

"Every single opportunity I had, even if I could make a mistake, I tried to be aggressive," she said. "That was what I had in my head all the time."