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INDIAN WELLS, California, March 9 (Reuters) - Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt gave himself a welcome confidence boost by upsetting big-serving American John Isner 6-7 6-3 6-4 in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday.

March 9 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Indian Wells Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Saturday Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spain) beat 17-Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) 6-3 1-6 6-4 28-Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) beat Monica Niculescu (Romania) 4-6 6-4 6-3 10-Nadia Petrova (Russia) beat Stefanie Voegele (Switzerland) 6-2 6-3 21-Julia Goerges (Germany) beat Sofia Arvidsson (Sweden) 6-3 6-3 4-Angelique Kerber (Germany) beat Irina Begu (Romania) 6-3 6-2

INDIAN WELLS, California, March 9 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur, relying on a strong serve, eased into the third round of the BNP Paribas Open with a commanding 6-3 6-4 victory over American teenager Madison Keys on Saturday.

March 9 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Indian Wells Men's Singles Round 2 matches on Saturday Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) beat 15-John Isner (U.S.) 6-7(6) 6-3 6-4 Leonardo Mayer (Argentina) beat 30-Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) 6-2 6-3 Kevin Anderson (South Africa) beat 4-David Ferrer (Spain) 3-6 6-4 6-3 18-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) beat Wayne Odesnik (U.S.) 3-6 6-2 6-1 Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) beat 29-Fernando Verdasco (Spain) 6-1 6-0 Benoit Paire (France)

* Loses to Anderson for first time in two meetings (Adds Ferrer quotes)

INDIAN WELLS, California, March 9 (Reuters) - Spanish world number four David Ferrer became the first top seed to tumble out of the men's event at the BNP Paribas Open, losing 3-6 6-4 6-3 to big-serving Kevin Anderson in the second round on Saturday.

March 9 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Indian Wells Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Friday Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (Spain) beat 22-Varvara Lepchenko (U.S.) 6-1 6-4 Mallory Burdette (U.S.) beat 23-Tamira Paszek (Austria) 7-6(0) 6-1 3-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) beat Maria Sanchez (U.S.) 6-2 6-1 19-Klara Zakopalova (Czech Republic) beat Shahar Peer (Israel) 6-7(2) 6-2 6-3 9-Marion Bartoli (France) beat Chanelle Scheepers (South Africa) 6-3 6-3 2-

INDIAN WELLS, California, March 8 (Reuters) - Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova found herself in a tight spot in more ways than one at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday but managed to escape with a come-from-behind victory after a timely wardrobe change.

March 9 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Indian Wells Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Friday Lu Yen-Hsun (Taiwan) beat Tim Smyczek (U.S.) 2-6 6-2 6-2 Bobby Reynolds (U.S.) beat Benjamin Becker (Germany) 6-3 3-6 6-4 Michael Llodra (France) beat Daniel Munoz (Spain) 7-5 6-3 Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spain) beat Lukas Lacko (Slovakia) 6-1 6-4 Fabio Fognini (Italy) beat Aljaz Bedene (Slovenia) 6-4 6-3 Bjoern Phau (Germany) beat Alejand

* Third seed Radwanska also progresses (Updates with Radwanska win, more quotes)

INDIAN WELLS, California, March 8 (Reuters) - A long-time fan of the National Basketball Association (NBA), Novak Djokovic had the time of his life in Los Angeles last weekend while getting up close and personal with the 16-time NBA champion Lakers.

INDIAN WELLS, California, March 8 (Reuters) - Oozing confidence after making a sizzling 13-0 start to the year, Novak Djokovic looks every inch the same player who reigned supreme in the men's game during his astonishingly successful 2011 season.

March 8 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Indian Wells Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Friday 13-Maria Kirilenko (Russia) beat Christina Mchale (U.S.) 4-6 6-4 6-1 25-Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) beat Silvia Soler Espinosa (Spain) 6-1 6-1 27-Sorana Cirstea (Romania) beat Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain) 4-6 6-3 6-1 6-Sara Errani (Italy) beat Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spain) 6-2 3-6 6-3 5-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) beat Olga Govortsova (Belarus) 6-4 3-6 6-3 Lesia T

March 8 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Indian Wells Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Friday Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) beat Jack Sock (U.S.) 3-6 7-6(8) 6-2 Carlos Berlocq (Argentina) beat Santiago Giraldo (Colombia) 6-0 2-6 7-5 Evgeny Donskoy (Russia) beat Tatsuma Ito (Japan) 6-2 6-1 Albert Ramos (Spain) beat Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) 6-3 6-3 Matthew Ebden (Australia) beat Andrey Kuznetsov (Russia) 6-3 4-6 6-4 Pablo Andujar (Spain) beat Steve J

INDIAN WELLS, California, March 8 (Reuters) - Former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova survived 10 double faults and an erratic second set to beat Olga Govortsova of Belarus 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open on Friday.

March 8 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Indian Wells Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Friday 14-Roberta Vinci (Italy) beat Ksenia Pervak (Kazakhstan) 6-3 6-4 Johanna Larsson (Sweden) beat 26-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) 7-5 6-1

MADRID, March 8 (Reuters) - The Spanish government has asked parliament to approve a new anti-doping bill that seeks to bring national law into line with international norms.

March 8 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Indian Wells Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Thursday Ryan Harrison (U.S.) beat Go Soeda (Japan) 6-0 4-6 6-3 Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) beat Feliciano Lopez (Spain) 6-3 6-2 Ivan Dodig (Croatia) beat Guido Pella (Argentina) 6-1 6-2 Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) beat Lukas Rosol (Czech Republic) 6-4 3-6 6-1 Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) beat Vasek Pospisil (Canada) 7-6(5) 6-3 Wayne Odesnik (U.S.) beat R

INDIAN WELLS, California, March 7 (Reuters) - Four-times champion Roger Federer was delighted to welcome back to the ATP Tour his long-time rival Rafa Nadal, a man he could face in the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.

March 8 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Indian Wells Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Thursday Madison Keys (U.S.) beat Melanie Oudin (U.S.) 6-4 4-6 6-3 Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spain) beat Bojana Jovanovski (Serbia) 2-6 7-5 6-3 Stefanie Voegele (Switzerland) beat Petra Martic (Croatia) 4-6 6-4 6-3 Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) beat Romina Oprandi (Switzerland) 7-6(4) 6-0 Alexandra Dulgheru (Romania) beat Michelle Larcher de Brito (Portugal) 6-4