Indian Wells Results

After having the tournament of her life in her hometown of Melbourne, Jelena Dokic fell short of expectations when she lost her opening round match at the BNP Paribas Open. Dokic reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, but Jill Craybas came up big in California today and dominated the Aussie. In men's action, former number 1 Lleyton Hewitt, German Phillip Kohlschreiber and Jarko Nieminer all won their first round matches.

Indian Wells

Men's Singles- 1st Round

Igor Kunitsyn def. Vincent Spadea, 6-3, 6-4

Potito Starace def. Denis Gremelmayr, 7-6 (8-6), 6-1

Albert Montanes def. Florent Serra, 6-3, 6-0

Philipp Kohlschreiber def. Julien Benneteau, 6-3, 6-2

Michael Llodra def. Feliciano Lopez, 6-4, 6-3

Jarkko Nieminen def. Nicolas Devilder, 7-6 (8-6), 6-1

Lleyton Hewitt def. Jan Hernych, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3

Marc Gicquel def. Simone Bolelli, 7-5, 6-3

Women's Singles- 1st Round

Anastasiya Yakimova def. Varvara Lepchenko, 6-4, 6-1

Sania Mirza def. Mariya Koryttseva, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2

Vera Dushevina def. Petra Martic, 6-4, 6-3

Roberta Vinci def. Ayumi Morita, 6-3, 6-4

Yanina Wickmayer def. Magdalena Rybarikova, 6-3, 6-2

Petra Cetkovska def. Stephanie Foretz, 6-2, 7-5

Samantha Stosur def. Francesca Schiavone, 6-1, 6-4

Lucie Safarova def. Melanie Oudin, 6-3, 6-1

Edina Gallovits def. Maria Kirilenko, 3-6, 7-5, 7-5

Kristina Barrois def. Klara Zakopalova, 6-1, 6-2

Nuria Llagostera Vives def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (11-9)

Tamira Paszek def. Mara Santangelo, 6-3, 6-2

Karin Knapp def. Vania King, 6-2, 6-1

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Marta Domachowska, 6-1, 6-3

Also, Maria Sharapova, who played her first competitive match in 8 months, lost her doubles match with partner Elena Vesnina. The match went to 3 sets, with the Russian team losing 10-7 in the third.