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Women’s Singles

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Five top 100 American women took part in the first round on Wednesday with three of them advancing. Madison Keys had a tough matchup against Tsvetana Pironkova but handled her easily in a 6-2, 6-1 win. Varvara Lepchenko also impressed in a 6-2, 6-2 win over Alison Van Uytvanck. Alison Riske had the highest ranked first round opponent and was able to win the first set but ended up losing 6-3, 3-6, 3-6 to Bojana Jovanovski.

Five more American women will play in the first round on Thursday. Only two of them will face lower ranked opponents: Bethanie Mattek-Sands, who is taking on Caroline Garcia, and Victoria Duval, who is taking on Alisa Kleybanova.

Women’s Doubles

 

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There are seven doubles teams entered into the women’s event in Indian Wells that have at least one American. Only two of them are composed of two Americans and one of those, Madison Keys and Alison Riske, get things started on Thursday. They’ll be taking on the #5 seed Cara Black/Sania Mirza while fellow American Liezel Huber along with Chan Hao-ching of Chinese Taipei will take on the #2 seed Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina

Men’s Singles

Three American men were able to advance from qualifying into the main draw. #11 Alex Kuznetsov didn’t have to face a seeded player in either of the two rounds and won 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-2 over Taro Daniel on Wednesday. In a matchup of two Americans Robby Ginepri advanced over Austin Krajicek after a 6-1, 7-5 win. Finally the lowest ranked American to advance was Daniel Kosakowski who knocked off #3 David Goffin 6-3, 6-2.

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Nine American men begin the first round on Thursday including three matchups involving two Americans. Sam Querrey takes on Alex Kuznetsov, Michael Russell takes on Donald Young, and Tim Smyczek takes on Jack Sock. The Querrey-Kuznetsov matchup is the least competitive by rankings but should still be competitive. The Smyczek-Sock matchup is between two players ranked just three spots apart. Finally while Donald Young is ranked ahead of Michael Russell he’s only won one of five career meetings.

Broadcasting Information:

Tennis Channel will be broadcasting the tournament from 2 PM – 2 AM ET while ESPN3.com has streams of the play at three stadiums that will include 10 of the 11 singles matches involving the US on Thursday.

Schedule:

• March 6th – Tennis Channel – 2 PM-2 AM ET
  • Men’s Singles First Round
    • Approx. 2 PM ET – Jack Sock vs. Tim Smyczek – Stadium 1 – ESPN3 – First ever meeting
    • Approx. 4 PM ET – Donald Young vs. Michael Russell – Stadium 2 – ESPN3 – Michael Russell leads 4-1 all-time
    • Approx. 8 PM ET – Rhyne Williams vs. Jeremy Chardy – Stadium 3 – ESPN3 – First ever meeting
    • Approx. 8 PM ET – Robby Ginepri vs. Paul-Henri Mathieu – Tied 2-2 all-time
    • Approx. 10 PM ET – Ryan Harrison vs. Andrey Golubev – Stadium 2 – ESPN3 – First ever meeting
    • Approx. 12 AM ET – Sam Querrey vs. Alex Kuznetsov – Stadium 1 – ESPN3 – First ever meeting
  • Women’s Singles First Round
    • Approx. 2 PM ET – Taylor Townsend vs. Karin Knapp – Stadium 3 – ESPN3 – First ever meeting
    • Approx. 4 PM ET – Victoria Duval vs. Alisa Kleybanova – Stadium 1 – ESPN3 – First ever meeting
    • Approx. 8 PM ET – Coco Vandeweghe vs. Alexandra Cadantu – Stadium 1 – ESPN3 – First ever meeting
    • Approx. 10 PM ET – Bethanie Mattek-Sands vs. Caroline Garcia – Stadium 1 – ESPN3 – First ever meeting
    • Approx. 12 AM ET – Vania King vs. Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova – Stadium 2 – ESPN3 – Zahlavova-Strycova leads 2-1 all-time
  • Women’s Doubles First Round
    • Approx. 6 PM ET – Madison Keys/Alison Riske vs. #5 Cara Black/Sania Mirza – First ever meeting
    • Approx. 6 PM ET – Liezel Huber/Chan Hao-ching (Chinese Taipei) vs. #2 Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina – First ever meeting