Pacific Life Open Review

There's joy in Serbia as Ana Ivanovic won the women's singles title and Novak Djokovic won the men's singles title. Dinara Safina and Elena Vesnina of Russia won the women's doubles title; Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram of Israel won the men's doubles title.

What were the surprises?

Well, one is the quarterfinal defeat of Bob and Mike Bryan by Max Myrni and Jamie Murray. But then, maybe that's just me. I always expect Bob and Mike to win ;-)

Another was Svetlana Kuznetsova ending Maria Sharapova's perfect season in the semifinals. But, the Russians know each other's games so well that any one of them is capable of beating the others on any given day. Also, despite her competitiveness, Sharapova's game does have some real weaknesses. Though she deserves her high ranking, it doesn't make her as reliable a winner as one might think.

The biggest surprise was the fall of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in the men's semifinals. Djokovic's upset of Nadal on a hardcourt wasn't such a big surprise, but No. 98 Mardy Fish's run at the title, defeating Roger Federer 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinal, was the big story of tournament.

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Pacific Life Open Finals

MEN'S PLAY

Men's Singles Semifinals
Novak Djokovic of Serbia vs Rafael Nadal of Spain
Roger Federer of Switzerland vs Mardy Fish of the United States

Men's Doubles Final
Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram of Israel vs Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia


WOMEN'S PLAY

Women's Singles Final
Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia vs Ana Ivanovic of Serbia

Women's Doubles Final
Dinara Safina and Elena Vesnina of Russia vs Zi Yan and Jie Zheng of China

Schedule (all times Pacific and all matches in the stadium court)
11:00 AM Women's doubles final
Not Before 1:00 PM Djokovic vs Nadal
Not Before 3:00 PM Federer vs Fish

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The Pacific Life Open

The Pacific Life Open has undergone a long evolution and many name changes, but today it is the fifth-most important tournament on the Pro Tennis Tour, after the four "Majors." Like the majors, it is a two-week long tournament running from March 10-23rd this year, with men's and women's draws of 96 top players, being an ATP Masters Series Tournament and a Tier I WTA tournament.

It is held at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Southern California, a facility with a 16,000-seat stadium, the second largest in the world. Last year it became the first non-major tournament to exceed an attendance of 300,000.

The first round of play is nearly finished in all events, and the women's singles is into the second round.

You can download a current copy of the draws by left-clicking each link below, waiting for the draw sheet to load, then saving a copy to your computer.

Men's Singles (2 pages)
Men's Doubles
Women's Singles (2 pages)
Women's Doubles

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