Indian Wells, CA – Americans Sam Querrey and Ryan Harrison round winners at the $4.695 million BNP Paribas Masters, the first ATP World Tour Masters event of the year.
Querrey got past fellow countryman Tim Smyczek 7-6 (7-1), 6-4 while Harrison made short work of Flavio Cipolla, beating the Italian 6-1, 6-2 on the hardcourts at the beautiful Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
Oft-injured American wild card Robby Ginepri fought back to reach the second round with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Italian qualifier Paolo Lorenzi, while another American wild card, Jack Sock, was dismissed by Colombian Santiago Giraldo in 5-7, 6-0, 6-1 fashion.
Other Day-1 winners were Poland's Lukasz Kubot, German Philipp Kohlschreiber, Italian Andreas Seppi, Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan, Pablo Andujar, Albert Ramos and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain, Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky, Israel's Dudi Sela, Portugal's Frederico Gil, Frenchman Nicolas Mahut and Australian Matthew Ebden.
Novak Djokovic beat fellow two-time winner Rafael Nadal in last year's marquee Indian Wells finale.
This week's top seeds are Djokovic, Nadal, three-time champ Roger Federer and Andy Murray. Djokovic, Nadal and Federer have combined to win seven of the last eight Indian Wells championships.
Nadal is the all-time leader with a whopping 19 Masters titles.
The 2012 Indian Wells champion will collect $1 million.
Fox News First
Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox.
By entering your email and clicking the Subscribe button, you agree to the Fox News Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, and agree to receive content and promotional communications from Fox News. You understand that you can opt-out at any time.
