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Mario Ancic of Croatia celebrates winning the second set against Bobby Reynolds of the United States during the BNP Paribas Open on March 11, 2010 in Indian Wells, California.

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Men's Singles - First Round
[WC] C Moya (ESP) d [Q] T Smyczek (USA) 76(7) 76(5)
M Fish (USA) d M Berrer (GER) 16 61 63
[WC] R Harrison (USA) d T Dent (USA) 63 64
J Chardy (FRA) d P Starace (ITA) 61 41 ret. (back)
M Ancic (CRO) d [Q] B Reynolds (USA) 46 63 64
E Gulbis (LAT) d M Chiudinelli (SUI) 36 63 63
P Cuevas (URU) d F Gil (POR) 64 75
D Koellerer (AUT) d R Ram (USA) 61 63
F Fognini (ITA) d O Rochus (BEL) 64 16 75
[Q] B Dabul (ARG) d L Mayer (ARG) 76(4) 62
P Petzschner (GER) d C Rochus (BEL) 62 75
F Serra (FRA) d A Falla (COL) 61 62
[Q] R Delgado (PAR) d A Beck (GER) 67(2) 62 64
[Q] R Schuettler (GER) d [Q] T Alves (BRA) 75 60
G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d L Lacko (SVK) 46 64 75
[Q] K Anderson (RSA) d [Q] B Phau (GER) 63 63

Nice to see Mario Ancic back on the court and with a win, no less. He looks good and healthy. Let's hope he can say that way for a while now.

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Women's Singles - First Round
Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) d. Alizé Cornet (FRA) 64 16 62
Sybille Bammer (AUT) d. Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 36 75 61
Sara Errani (ITA) d. (Q) Viktoriya Kutuzova (UKR) 75 62
Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) d. (Q) Michelle Larcher de Brito (POR) 62 62
Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. Melanie Oudin (USA) 36 63 60
Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. Alberta Brianti (ITA) 63 64
Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) d. (Q) Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) 62 36 61
Julia Goerges (GER) d. Lucie Safarova (CZE) 75 36 63
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) d. Andrea Petkovic (GER) 63 63
Julie Coin (FRA) d. (WC) Tamira Paszek (AUT) 64 63
(Q) Petra Martic (CRO) d. (WC) Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) 76(4) 61
(Q) Karolina Sprem (CRO) d. (Q) Shenay Perry (USA) 62 46 63
(Q) Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) d. Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 60 75
(Q) Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d. (Q) Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) 63 62
(Q) Sloane Stephens (USA) d. Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 76(5) 76(7)
(WC) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) d. Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 75 75

Not a good day for Miss Gonads. She ate a bagel? Mercy. At least Miss Bethanie got through.

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Doubles - First Round
(2) Llagostera Vives/Martínez Sánchez (ESP/ESP) d. Dekmeijere/Schnyder (LAT/SUI) 62 64
(3) Petrova/Stosur (RUS/AUS) d. Coin/Pelletier (FRA/CAN) 64 62
Kirilenko/Radwanska (RUS/POL) d. (4) Raymond/Stubbs (USA/AUS) 64 46 10-3
Dulko/Pennetta (ARG/ITA) d. Uhlirova/Voracova (CZE/CZE) 16 64 105
Dushevina/Rodionova (RUS/AUS) d. Ruano Pascual/Shaughnessy (ESP/USA) 75 36 10-4
Borwell/Kops-Jones (GBR/USA) d. Medina Garrigues/Wozniacki (ESP/DEN)
76(4) 46 10-2
(WC) Garbin/Jankovic (ITA/SRB) d. (WC) Safarova/Zvonareva (CZE/RUS)
76(4) 63