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American Angela Haynes secured her place in the BNP Paribas Open women's main draw, defeating Slovakian Jarmila Groth 6-3, 7-6(2) in the final round of qualification Tuesday at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. The 24-year-old Californian saved all five point break points faced on serve in the second set before going on the close out the match in the tie-break.

Haynes will be playing in the Indian Wells main draw for the fourth time, having received wild card entry in her past three appearances. She reached the second round in 2005 (l. to Sharapova) and ‘08 (l. to Hantuchova).

The French contingent faltered in their qualification bid with Stephanie Foretz (pictured) the only woman from her country to make her way into the main draw. The 104th-ranked Foretz ousted compatriot Camille Pin 1-6, 7-5, 6-4 in two hours and seven minutes, and will be making her fifth appearance in the Indian Wells main draw. Frenchwomen Aravane Rezai, Severine Bremond, Julie Coin and Mathilde Johansson all followed Pin out of the qualification draw.

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SINGLES AND DOUBLES QUALIFYING ROUNDS

WOMEN'S

Round 1

Angela Haynes, USA defeated Olga Savchuk, UKR
6-1, 6-3

Stephanie Foretz, FRA defeated Aiko Nakamura, JPN
6-4, 6-1

Asia Muhammad, USA defeated by Akgul Amanmuradova UZB
6-3, 4-6, 5-7


Final Round

Angela Haynes, USA defeated Jarmila Groth, SVK
6-3, 7-6(2)

Stephanie Foretz, FRA defeated Camille Pin, FRA
1-6, 7-5, 6-4



MEN'S

Round 1

Nicholas Monroe, USA defeated Evgeny Korolev, RUS
7-6(3), 1-6, 6-2

Scoville Jenkins, USA defeated Sam Warburg, USA
6-2, 6-3

Donald Young, USA defeated by Michael Lammer, SUI
6-2, 4-6, 5-7


Final Round

Nicholas Monroe, USA defeated by Rik De Voest, RSA
3-6, 4-6

Scoville Jenkins, USA defeated by Kevin Kim, USA
7-6(4), 2-6, 1-6

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In the quarterfinal round the USA will have the opportunity to avenge the significant loss they suffered to the 2005 Davis Cup champions, Croatia. When the USA and Croatia last met in Carson, California, the USA was eliminated in the first round.

On Sunday in reverse rubbers with the USA standing at 2-1, Andy Roddick defeated Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4, 6-4, 6-2, handing the Americans the win and a slot into the quarterfinals.

In the fifth and final match, which was a dead rubber, James Blake defeated Marco Chiudinelli 6-4, 7-6(6), sending the USA up 4-1 for the first round.

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Representing the Bahamas, Timothy Neilly (l) was defeated by Paraguay's Ramon Delgado 6-1, 6-4, 6-2.

Also representing the Bahamas, Devin Mullings (r) was paired against Paraguay's Diego Galeano, whom he defeated 4-6, 7-5, 4-1 (Ret'd).

The Bahamas currently stands even 1-1 with Paraguay.


Representing Jamaica, Damar Johnson was defeated by Mexican Bruno Echagaray 6-2, 6-1, 6-2.

Jamaica is currently down 0-2 to Mexico.

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American super twins Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan got the job done in Birmingham, Alabama today by chalking up a 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-6(2) win over the Swiss doubles team of Yves Allegro and Stanislas Wawrinka. The USA takes a 2-1 lead over Switzerland.

This win gives the Bryans their 15th out of 17 Davis Cup match wins. They now become the most winning doubles team in US Davis Cup history.

Mike Bryan said, “obviously it feels very good to be considered one of the best US doubles teams. We have a lot of respect for teams like McEnroe-Fleming and Flach-Seguso, guys like that, but we just do what we do and treat every match like a grand slam final and put everything into it and here we are six years later, we have 15 wins and being considered one of the best teams.”

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The United States and Switzerland draw even at 1-1 in the first round of 2009 Davis Cup play.

In the first rubber, after an impressive first set, James Blake was defeated by Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6-7(3).

The second rubber paired Andy Roddick against Marco Chiudinelli whom Roddick defeated 6-1, 6-3, 7-6(5). This win brought Roddick his 30th Davis Cup victory, tying him in total wins with Andre Agassi in sixth place in American Davis Cup history.

Tomorrow’s doubles line-up will feature Bob and Mike Bryan against Yves Allegro and Wawrinka. The USA is favored against the team even with Wawrinka having won the Olympic gold medal in doubles with Roger Federer, beating the Bryan brothers in route to the final.

On Sunday in reverse rubbers, Roddick will face Wawrinka in the opening singles followed by Blake against Chiudinelli.

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Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is congratulated by the French Davis Cup Captain Guy Forget and teammates after defeating Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic 7-5, 6-2, 7-6 (1). The first rubber, played by Gilles Simon, was lost to Tomas Berdych 6-7(3), 4-6, 6-7(2), 3-6.

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