[Alek]

From Michael Blue's site

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Indian Wells - weeks of 4 and 11 March (Tier I - $2,100,000)


Committed players - based on 14 January rankings

Main draw - 96 players (75 direct, 12 qualifiers, 9 wild cards)
Cutoff #82

1. Hingis 26. Torrens Valero 51. Kruger
2. Clijsters 27. Kremer 52. Marrero
3. Dokic 28. Sugiyama 53. Ruano Pascual
4. Henin 29. Panova 54. Diaz-Oliva
5. Seles 30. Schiavone 55. Neffa-de los Rios
6. Testud 31. Likhovtseva 56. Tu
7. Shaughnessy 32. Krasnoroutskaya 57. Kournikova
8. Farina Elia 33. C Martinez 58. Gagliardi
9. Sanchez-Vicario 34. Leon Garcia 59. Rubin
10. Maleeva 35. Stevenson 60. Irvin
11. Dementieva 36. Majoli 61. Hopkins
12. Pierce (injury) 37. Frazier 62. Husarova
13. Coetzer 38. Pratt 63. Poutchek
14. Tulyaganova 39. Osterloh 64. Rittner
15. Schett 40. Chladkova 65. Lamade
16. Raymond 41. Weingartner 66. Black
17. Montolio 42. Medina Garrigues 67. Gersi
18. Nagyova 43. Pisnik 68. Rippner (injury)
19. Tanasugarn 44. Sucha 69. Kandarr
20. Bedanova 45. Bovina 70. Matevzic
21. Serna 46. Myskina 71. McQuillan
22. Hantuchova 47. Molik 72. Brandi
23. Grande 48. Smashnova 73. Kuti Kis
24. Petrova 49. Dechy 74. Daniilidou
25. Suarez 50. Mandula 75. Schwartz

players holding sufficient ranking but not listed among initial commitments:
1 Capriati
2 Davenport
3 V Williams
6 S Williams
9 Mauresmo
13 Tauziat
40 Schnyder
76 Mikaelian

Next in: qualifying entrants in order

Qualifying - 48 players (42 direct, 6 wild cards)
Cutoff #123

1. Ad. Serra-Zanetti 15. Obata 29. Craybas
2. Dominikovic 16. Llagostera Vives 30. Asagoe
3. Selyutina 17. Reeves 31. Webb (injury)
4. Oremans 18. Beigbeder 32. Camerin
5. Hrdlickova 19. Bes 33. Bacheva
6. Razzano 20. Nejedly 34. Lee
7. Sfar 21. Talaja 35. Glass
8. Loit 22. Svensson 36. Salerni
9. Garbin 23. Noorlander 37. Vavrinec
10. Anca Barna 24. Y-J Cho 38. Barabanschikova (injury)
11. MJ Martinez 25. Prakusya 39. Kleinova
12. Jidkova 26. Srebotnik 40. Arn
13. Muller 27. Gubacsi 41. Palaversic Coopersmith
14. Cervanova 28. Kapros 42. Sidot

Next in: Habsudova
Foretz
Fujiwara
Kostanic
Koukalova
Nola
Vakulenko
Washington
Randriantefy
Koulikovskaya
Perebiynis
Dyrberg
Vaskova
C Fernandez
Schnitzer

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[great smash]

So the rumours are true: Jennifer, Venus and Serena are all skipping the tournament. This really makes it a weak field for the 6th largest tournament of the year

 

[TheBoiledEgg]

thanx Alx

 

[Becool]

:sad:

How bad Venus and Serena aren't in
Will be a bad tournament without them....
But this people of Indian Wells is getting what they were looking for.... Now they are suffering with consequence....

Anyway, Iroda and Alex are in
<font size=4>Good Luck Tulya!!</font>
<font size=5>and Good Luck Aleeeex!!!</font> :bounce:

:kiss:

One more time, thanks Jandro

 

[Becool]

OH MY GOD!

I'm almost forgetting Mashona and Chanda!!!

Good Luck Mashona and Chanda on qualies :kiss:

 

[Wizkid]

No Williams sister:sad: Good luck to Stevenson, Dokic, Rubin, Coetzer, and Sugiyama.
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

 

[LucasArg]

Poor draw

 

[TeeRexx]

I believe that Jennifer may still play as a warm up for the Ericsson.
VENUS and SERENA may not play at this venue for a couple of years, if ever.

 

[Martian Stacey]

Even after what happened last year, i still find it hard to believe Serena won't play!

But anywayz, Good luck to Martina!!!

 

[arn]

With a bit of luck Kim and Justine could be first and second seed :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

 

[Monica_Rules]

Monica will win this easy!

 

[Philip]

Go All My favs

 

[Ted of Teds Tennis]

Not so fast, Monica_Rules! Dementieva seens to do quite well on Deco Turf, as does Clijsters. Seles is certainly capable of beating them, but not easily, as you say.

BTW: How did Monica do against Hingis at the Ericsson in 2000?

--Ted

 

[evaz]

Martina - go for it!

 

[Elisse]

Thanks Alx!

<Font size=4 color=gold>Good Luck to Eleni, Justine, and Kim!!!</font>

 

[Candy946]

GOOD LUCK TO MONICA!

 

[Jordan.]

Poor field,well I guess this is easy picking for Marti

 

[Martian Martin]

It's a great chance for Martina to win this, and hopefully Anna can get a good run going as well, there's a lot of points available for her, to get that ranking up again!!

Good luck girls!! :bounce:

 

[Volcana]

Five of the top ten players is more like a Tier II than a Tier I. No #1, #2 or #3 is more like a Tier III. The top four ranked Americans not playing in an American Tier I is just ....

I didn't expect Venus or Serena to show up. I certainly wouldn't have. Lindsay probably would have been hear if not injured. Jenn, I guess the schedule didn't work out. But I'll tell you right now we won't see much of this tournament on TV in the States, not with both Williams, Davenport and Capriati all out. That sucks because Hingis, Clijsters, Henin, Dokic and Seles is a hell of a lineup.