Australia’s Jelena Dokic has withdrawn with injury early in her first round match against Argentinian Gisela Dulko at the Indian Wells tournament on Thursday.

Dokic pulled out after just nine minutes in the first set with a right wrist injury, sending Dulko into the second round, where she will face second seed Maria Sharapova.

Dulko has reached the quarter-finals in Indian Wells twice, in 2004 and 2006.

Irina Falconi and Johanna Larsson also advanced to the second round at the tournament after their opening opponents pulled out with injuries.

Sweden’s Larsson was 4-1 ahead in the first set when qualifier Greta Arn of Hungary retired from their match with a neck injury.

Larsson will face either Ksenia Pervak or qualifier Olga Govortsova in the next round. Arn reached the third round of the Australian Open and the semi-finals in Monterrey, Mexico last month, where she lost to Romania’s Alexandra Cadantu.

American wild card Falconi advanced after Alexandra Dulgheru withdrew from their match with a right knee injury. Dulgheru won the first set 6-4 and was trailing 5-2 in the second when she pulled the plug.