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Date-Krumm wins on blustery day

Krumm, the oldest player in the women's draw at age 41, opened the BNP Paribas Open with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Pauline Parmentier of France Wednesday as a swirling, gusting wind made life difficult in the first round at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
Mona Barthel of Germany had a 6-1, 6-2 win over 37-year-old American Jill Craybas to set up a second-round match with top-ranked Victoria Azarenka, who won the season's first major at the Australian Open.
Azarenka had a first-round bye, along with defending champion Caroline Wozniacki, who lost her No. 1 ranking at Melbourne Park in January, and the other seeded players. Wozniacki said when she practiced Tuesday evening “it was like a hurricane, it was so windy and cold.”
The weather hadn't changed much Wednesday, when the 12-day, $11 million event got under way with 16 women's singles matches in gusting winds.
No. 4-ranked Wozniacki didn't have to play, so she could sit and watch, and empathize with those who did.
Reigning Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova said in those conditions “it's not really about the tennis,” as much as just keeping the ball in play.
Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic got the first win of the tournament, a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Laura Pous-Tio of Spain. Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan, Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland, Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain and Sorana Cirstea of Romania also moved into the next round.
Jamie Hampton routed Polona Hercog of Slovakia, 6-1, 6-1, in the opening match on center court, but her fellow American Coco Vandeweghe lost to Australia's Jarmila Gajdosova 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
American Sloane Stephens beat Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada, 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7) in a match that took more than three hours and Vania King rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the second set to eliminate Italy's Sara Errani 7-6 (3), 6-4. King leveled her career match record at 1-1 against Errani who was fresh off winning her third WTA title at Acapulco last week.
Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands, Elena Visnina of Russia, Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic and Sania Mirza of India were the other opening-day winners.
The men's tournament starts Thursday.
Kuerten elected to Hall
Three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten was Thursday elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
The lanky Brazilian nicknamed “Guga” reached No. 1 in the ATP rankings and collected singles titles at Roland Garros in 1997, 2000 and 2001. Other new Hall of Fame members include 1975 US Open champion Manuel Orantes, administrator and promoter Mike Davies, and the late wheelchair player Randy Snow.


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