Safin will play with Roddik in the third circle of Pacific Life Open

The Russian woman Vera Zvonareva entered the fourth circle of a female tennis tournament in Indian Wells, whose prize fund is more than two million US dollars. On Sunday, Vera, sown under the 11th number, without much difficulty defeated the athlete from Luxembourg Claudin Shol, giving the opponent only two geims - 6: 2.6: 0. In the next round, Zvonareva will have to fight the Frenchwoman Natalie Dekha.

The unpleasant surprise was presented to Russian fans Nadezhda Petrova: the Russian woman sown under the seventh number lost to the little -known Argentine tennis player Khisel Dulko - 3: 6, 3: 6.

It is worth noting that in addition to the bell-up struggle for the main prize in Indian Wells, three more Russians continue: the first racket of the country Anastasia Myskina, Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova.

On the Pacific Life Open men's tournament in the Masters series, which is in parallel in the Indian-Wells, the prize fund of which is almost three million dollars, Russian Marat Safin was successfully launched. On the eve of Marat, who takes the second place in the ranking of the Association of Professional tennis players, outplayed the Czech athlete Jan Hernysh with a score of 6: 3.7: 6 (7: 3). In the third round of the competition, he will play with the American Andy Roddik, whom Marat beat in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open Championship.

In addition to Safin, another representative of Russia, Mikhail Yuzhny, continues the struggle at the Indian -Wells tournament. In the third circle, Perian Luis Horn will be his opponent.