12/03/2009 - BNP PARIBAS OPEN
Indian Wells, California, USA 11-22 March, 2009 Hard, Plexipave

Over the next ten days the world of tennis will meet in the prestigious BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California. The event, which is the first mandatory event of the year, for both men and women, outside of the four Grand Slams, will see the participation of the following Lotto players:

Women's Singles Main Draw:
-Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
-Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)
-Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)
-Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)
-Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)
-Roberta Vinci (ITA)
-Tamira Paszek (AUT)
-Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)
-Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR)

Men's Singles Main Draw:
-David Ferrer (ESP)
-Simone Bolelli (ITA)
-Robin Soderling (SWE)
-Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
-Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS)
-Denis Gremelmayr (GER)
-Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
-Michael Berrer (GER)
-Robert Kendrick (USA)

This tournament is played on hard courts and has equal prize money for both men and women of $4,500,000, therefore making it one of the most important tennis events of the season.


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