PACIFIC LIFE OPEN
$3,589,000 ATP Masters Series Tournament
Indian Wells, California, USA
March 13-23, 2008
Surface: Hard
(- 7 hours GMT)
RESULTS – FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2008
Singles - Quarterfinals
[1] R
Federer (SUI) d T Haas (GER) w/o (sinus infection)
M Fish
(USA) d [7] D Nalbandian (ARG) 63 67(5) 76(4)
Doubles - Final
[4] J
Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR) d [3] D Nestor (CAN) / N
Zimonjic (SRB) 64 64
ORDER OF PLAY – SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 2008
STADIUM 1 start 11:00 am
D
Safina (RUS) / E Vesnina (RUS) vs [3] Z Yan (CHN) / J
Zheng (CHN) - WTA DOUBLES FINAL
Not
Before 1:00 PM
[3] N
Djokovic (SRB) vs [2] R Nadal (ESP) - ATP
Not
Before 3:00 PM
[1] R
Federer (SUI) vs M Fish (USA) - ATP
DOUBLES FINAL – ERLICH/RAM WIN SECOND ATP MASTERS SERIES
TITLE
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Stanford ATP Doubles Race leaders Jonathan Erlich
and Andy Ram, the No. 4 seeds, defeated No. 3 seeds
Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic 6-4, 6-4 in
Friday’s doubles final to clinch their 12th
title as a duo. It is their team’s second ATP
Masters Series title, having won their first last
August in Cincinnati.
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Erlich and Ram, runners-up last year in Indian
Wells, broke their opponents once in each set and
saved six break point chances faced to win the final
in one hour and 21 minutes. They did not drop a set
en route to the title.
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The Israelis improve to a 17-3 season record, and
have won 14 of the last 15 matches since capturing
their first Grand Slam crown together at the
Australian Open.
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Nestor and Zimonjic were playing in their ATP final
of the season, and fall to a 2-3 team record in
title matches. They improve to a 10-6 season record
with their effort in Indian Wells.
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Coming into the final, Nestor had won 14 of his last
15 matches in Indian Wells with titles in 2005 and
'06 (w/Knowles). He also won the title in 1997 and
2002.
WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID
Ram:
“We are extremely happy with this title here in Indian
Wells. We have been playing very solid tennis since the
summer of last year. This year we won our first Grand
Slam title and we have been playing with lots of
confidence. The conditions in the United States suit our
games; it's hot and we like to play on the hard courts.”
Erlich:
“It
feels great to have won our second Masters Series title.
Obviously the first Masters Series is a little more
emotional. But this is a title as important as our first
one. For our first Masters Series title we defeated the
Bryans which was a great confidence boost for our
careers.”
“Right
now we are not thinking about winning titles. We just
focus on giving 100%, day by day, match by match and
play with our hearts.”
“Obviously we will go out there and try to win every
Masters Series and Grand Slam as possible. We will keep
fighting and giving our hearts out there as we have been
doing. We are in the top of the Race right now and we
are happy about that.”
