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Keep the ball in the court. It sounds like the simplest approach possible to the game of tennis. But when the wind is swirling and gusting as it has been this week at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden there's nothing simple about it.

Former top-five player David Nalbandian of Argentina and veteran Americans Sam Querrey, Robby Ginepri and Jill Craybas are among those receiving wild cards into the main draws of the BNP Paribas Open to be played March 5-18 in Indian Wells.

Maria Kirilenko defeated U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 Tuesday at the Pan Pacific Open.

Top-seeded Daniela Hantuchova beat Ajla Tomljanovic 6-0, 2-6, 6-4 in the first round of the Bell Challenge on Tuesday.

Veteran Jill Craybas received a wild-card entry into the U.S. Open, where she is expected to extend her streak to 44 straight appearances in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament.

There were two early upsets on the women's side in first round action of the Western & Southern Open, a U.S. Open tuneup.

Top-seeded Vera Zvonareva of Russia beat countrywoman Vera Dushevina 6-3, 6-0 as the top five seeds advanced at the Mercury Insurance Open.

No. 3-ranked Vera Zvonareva of Russia converted the only two service breaks of the match, enabling her to beat qualifier Jill Craybas 6-4, 7-5 in the Mercury Insurance Open.

No. 16 seed Polona Hercog needed more than two hours before defeating qualifier Natalie Grandin, 7-6 (1), 2-6, 6-4 in a first-round match at the Mercury Insurance Open on Monday.

Second-seeded Nadia Petrova of Russia defeated Canada's Eugenie Bouchard 6-2, 6-2 in 52 minutes to advance to the quarterfinals of the WTA Citi Open.

Top-seed Shahar Peer defeated Japanese qualifier Ryoko Duda 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the inaugural WTA Citi Open.

Russia's Vesna Dolonts upset third-seeded Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the Swedish Open on Monday.

Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia upset top-seeded Marion Bartoli 6-4, 6-1 in the opening round of the Barcelona Open on Monday.

Dinara Safina routed American Jill Craybas 6-1, 6-0 Tuesday at the Grand Prix Sar in Morocco.

Vania King upset No. 16 seed Vera Dushevina 6-4, 7-6 (7) in the first round of the Family Circle Cup on Monday.

Ana Ivanovic rallied past American Jill Craybas 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 Wednesday in a second-round match at the Pattaya Open that was suspended 40 minutes because of an electrical failure.