Azarenka did hit 14 winners, but she won so easily by forcing errors from Sharapova.
Williams won the opening 3 points of the match, forcing errors from Azarenka, earning an early bundle of break points.
Yet, for much of the match, the expected roles were reversed: Monfils threw in some of his trick shots, but he played conservatively, forcing errors from his opponent.
His baseline style is well suited to grinding from the back of the court and forcing errors with consistency and direction through the ad court.
Murray, meanwhile, has gone quiet, and is teeing off on his ground strokes and forcing errors out of the increasingly off-balance Djokovic.
Federer continued to hit corners with his serve, forcing errors on Djokovic's return and serving out the second set at 6-4.
Although they struggled to reach the Edinburgh 22, Leinster were forcing errors from the Scots' defence and Contepomi scored penalties after 12 and 17 minutes to edge his side ahead.
First set: *Murray 1-0 Nadal: Murray serves and wins the opening three points after stepping into his own backhand and forcing errors out of Nadal in three short and sweet points.
By forcing error-free reception of speech, scarce bandwidth and energy are unnecessarily expended, and the delay of the packets increases.
Even in the last 15 minutes they were forcing errors.
Here at Trent Bridge, he tucked into England's rump with carnivorous glee, forcing errors from Jonathan Trott and Kevin Pietersen, and dismissing Joe Root and Ian Bell with beauties.
