Isner, Querrey Lead 8-American Surge Friday at ATP Indian Wells


Posted on March 14, 2009

Unseeded American players surged on Friday at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, with eight moving into the second round, led by young U.S. hopes John Isner and Sam Querrey.

The wildcard Isner blew past diminutive Belgian Christophe Rochus 6-1, 6-4, while Querrey topped a decidedly tougher opponent in Guillermo Canas 7-6(2), 6-2.

Canas was a former winner over then-No. 1-ranked Roger Federer in Indian Wells.

Other American winners moving into the second round were qualifier Mike Russell who defeated Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez; qualifier Robert Kendrick who defeated fellow qualifier Bjorn Phau of Germany; wildcard Taylor Dent who stopped Argentina's Diego Junqueira; wildcard Ryan Sweeting who outlast fellow American wildcard Wayne Odesnik 7-6 in the third; qualifier Todd Widom who defeated Spain's Ivan Navarro; and Bobby Reynolds who came from a set down to defeat Italy's Fabio Fognini.

Highlights of Saturday play at Indian Wells includes (2) Roger Federer vs. Marc Gicquel, (13) James Blake vs. Jarkko Nieminen,and unseeded former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt vs. (17) Fernando Gonzalez.

Rankings
ATP - Feb 06 WTA - Feb 06
1 Novak Djokovic1 Victoria Azarenka
2 Rafael Nadal2 Petra Kvitova
3 Roger Federer3 Maria Sharapova
4 Andy Murray4 Caroline Wozniacki
5 David Ferrer5 Samantha Stosur
6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga6 Agnieszka Radwanska
7 Tomas Berdych7 Marion Bartoli
8 Mardy Fish8 Vera Zvonareva
9 Janko Tipsarevic9 Na Li
10 Juan Martin Del Potro10 Andrea Petkovic
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