MINSK, 11 March (BelTA) – Olga Govortsova of Belarus, ranked 84th in the world, completed her performance at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, BelTA has learned.
In the opener Olga Govortsova lost to Russia's Margarita Gasparyan (World No.44) in two sets 1-6, 3-6. The match lasted for 71 minutes. Earlier, Alexandra Sasnovich (World No.102) failed to reach the second round losing to World No.37 Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic 1-6, 3-6. Alexandra Sasnovich reached the Indian Wells main draw after beating Bulgaria's Sesil Karatantcheva (World No.128) 7-5, 6-4 and seeing off World No.59 Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium 6-1, 6-2.
Belarusian number one Victoria Azarenka (World No.15) will open against Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan (87) who beat Jamie Loeb of the United States (259) 6-1, 6-4.
In the men's doubles event Max Mirnyi of Belarus will play in tandem with a new partner, Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria. They will play the French duo of Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert.
The tournament in Indian Wells will complete on 20 March.
