Robby Ginepri Advances at BNP Paribas Open

Robby Ginepri has become the first American to win a spot into the second round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif. after defeating Paoli Lorenzi of Italy in three sets 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. Ginepri, was later joined by Sam Querrey, who defeated fellow American Tim Smyczek in straight sets 7-6, 6-4. Other Americans that were sent home in the first round included Jack Sock, Jesse Levine, and Rhyne Williams. 

Ryan Harrison, a 19-year-old from Florida, defeated Flavio Cipolla in straight sets 6-1, 6-2. The match took just 58-minutes and proved why he is one of America’s rising stars. Lukasz Kubot of Poland defeated Ivo Karlovic in straight sets 6-4, 6-2. 

On the women’s side of play, Irina Falconi of the United States won her first round match. Jelena Dokic retired after just one game due to a right wrist injury. Ekaterina Makarova of Russia, defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands in straight sets 6-2, 6-3 after being out of play for over a month with a hip and lower back injury.

Current Results
►Ryan Harrison (U.S.) beat Flavio Cipolla (Italy) 6-1 6-2
►Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) beat Rui Machado (Portugal) 7-6(6) 4-6 6-2
►Nicolas Mahut (France) beat Vasek Pospisil (Canada) 6-3 6-2
►Frederico Gil (Portugal) beat Rhyne Williams (U.S.) 6-3 6-7(6) 6-4
►Andrey Golubev (Kazakhstan) beat Rik De Voest (South Africa) 6-1 6-4
►Sam Querrey (U.S.) beat Tim Smyczek (U.S.) 7-6(1) 6-4
►Dudi Sela (Israel) beatAmer Delic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 2-6 6-0 6-2
►Pablo Andujar (Spain) beat Robin Haase (Netherlands) 6-2 3-6 7-6(2)
►Albert Ramos (Spain) beat Jesse Levine (U.S.) 6-7(10) 7-6(4) 6-2
►Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukraine) beatAlex Bogomolov Jr. (Russia) 7-6(7) 4-6 7-6(3)
►Matthew Ebden (Australia) beat Igor Kunitsyn (Russia) 6-1 4-6 6-4
►Santiago Giraldo (Colombia) beat Jack Sock (U.S.) 5-7 6-0 6-1
►Robby Ginepri (U.S.) beat Paolo Lorenzi(Italy) 1-6 6-3 6-4 
►Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) beat Matthias Bachinger (Germany) 6-4 6-2
►Andreas Seppi(Italy) beat Olivier Rochus (Belgium) 4-6 6-3 6-4 
►Lukasz Kubot (Poland) beat Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) 6-4 6-2
►Lauren Davis (U.S.) beat Petra Martic (Croatia) 6-2 7-6(7) *
►Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands (U.S.) 6-2 6-3 
►Varvara Lepchenko (U.S.) beat Alexandra Panova (Russia) 7-6(3) 6-2
►Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spain) beat Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spain) 6-3 1-6 7-5
►Sofia Arvidsson(Sweden) beat Eleni Daniilidou (Greece) 6-4 7-6(4) 
►Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) beat Jessica Pegula(U.S.) 5-7 6-3 6-3
►Irina Begu (Romania) beat Lucie Hradecka (Czech Republic) 4-6 7-5 6-2
►Lesia Tsurenko(Ukraine) beat Shahar Peer (Israel) 4-6 6-3 7-5
►Ksenia Pervak (Kazakhstan) beat Olga Govortsova (Belarus) 6-3 6-1
►Tamira Paszek (Austria) beat Anastasiya Yakimova (Belarus) 6-4 2-6 6-1 
►Silvia Soler Espinosa (Spain) beat Alberta Brianti (Italy) 6-3 1-6 7-6(4)
►Gisela Dulko (Argentina) beat Jelena Dokic (Australia) 1-0 (Dokic retired) 
►Chanelle Scheepers (South Africa) beat Mathilde Johansson (France) 6-3 6-3
►Irina Falconi (U.S.) beatAlexandra Dulgheru (Romania) 4-6 5-2 (Dulgheru retired)
►Simona Halep (Romania) beat Zhang Shuai (China) 6-1 6-1
►Johanna Larsson (Sweden) beat Greta Arn (Hungary) 4-1 (Arn retired)