Indian Wells: World No. 1 Novak Djokovic defeated Andrey Golubev 6-3, 6-2 in the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells on Saturday. He closed out the win on his first match point to take the second-round meeting in 80 minutes.
In the third round, Djokovic will face No. 29 seed Kevin Anderson. The South African advanced after Philipp Kohlschreiber withdrew prior to their match with an illness.
Meanwhile, Nicolas Almagro, the 12th seed, got the better of Sam Querrey 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 in a hard-fought battle that lasted for one hour and 58 minutes, while Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka also registered a three-set win over Robby Ginepri 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
RESULTS: MARCH 10, 2012
Men's
Singles - Second Round
[1] N Djokovic (SRB) d [Q] A Golubev (KAZ) 63 62
G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d [4] A Murray (GBR) 64 62
[7] T Berdych (CZE) d S Stakhovsky (UKR) 67(2) 63 64
[8] M Fish (USA) d A Seppi (ITA) 63 32 Retired
[11] J Isner (USA) d [LL] F Gil (POR) 75 63
[12] N Almagro (ESP) d [WC] S Querrey (USA) 57 64 64
[13] G Simon (FRA) d D Sela (ISR) 75 67(6) 64
A Ramos (ESP) d [16] R Gasquet (FRA) 36 75 61
S Giraldo (COL) d [17] K Nishikori (JPN) 75 62
P Andujar (ESP) d [18] F Mayer (GER) 62 64
[22] J Monaco (ARG) d N Mahut (FRA) 64 57 63
[23] S Wawrinka (SUI) d [WC] R Ginepri (USA) 46 64 64
R Harrison (USA) d [25] V Troicki (SRB) 76(5) 63
[29] K Anderson (RSA) d P Kohlschreiber (GER) walkover
[30] A Roddick (USA) d L Kubot (POL) 46 76(5) 63
[Q] M Ebden (AUS) d [32] J Benneteau (FRA) 26 63 62
Men's
Doubles - First Round
[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) d K Anderson (RSA) / M Raonic (CAN) 63 76(3)
J Benneteau (FRA) / J Tsonga (FRA) d [5] M Bhupathi (IND) / R Bopanna (IND) 64 63
[7] L Paes (IND) / R Stepanek (CZE) d D Ferrer (ESP) / A Ramos (ESP) 63 63
A Dolgopolov (UKR) / X Malisse (BEL) d N Mahut (FRA) / G Simon (FRA) 64 6
Women's
Singles - Second Round
[2] M Sharapova (RUS) d G Dulko (ARG) 62 60
[4] C Wozniacki (DEN) d E Makarova (RUS) 62 60
[6] S Stosur (AUS) d [WC] I Falconi (USA) 60 63
[7] M Bartoli (FRA) d [Q] V Lepchenko (USA) 26 62 75
[10] F Schiavone (ITA) d [Q] L Tsurenko (UKR) 62 64
L Dominguez Lino (ESP) d [11] S Lisicki (GER) 61 64
[15] A Ivanovic (SRB) d J Larsson (SWE) 61 62
[16] D Cibulkova (SVK) d M Rybarikova (SVK) 21 Retired
K Pervak (KAZ) d [17] S Peng (CHN) 64 60
[20] M Kirilenko (RUS) d I Begu (ROU) 76(4) 64
[21] R Vinci (ITA) d S Soler-Espinosa (ESP) 63 63
[23] L Safarova (CZE) d T Paszek (AUT) 63 31 Retired
S Arvidsson (SWE) d [26] M Niculescu (ROU) 63 63
S Halep (ROU) d [28] P Cetkovska (CZE) 62 64
C Scheepers (RSA) d [29] K Kanepi (EST) 63 62
[30] N Petrova (RUS) d [WC] L Davis (USA) 63 62
Women's
Doubles - Second Round
[3] A Hlavackova (CZE) / L Hradecka (CZE) d J Goerges (GER) / S Lisicki (GER) 62 64
J Gajdosova (AUS) / B Mattek-Sands (USA) d [7] N Llagostera Vives (ESP) / A Parra Santonja (ESP) 75 75
