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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

INDIAN WELLS, California, March 7 (Reuters) - Having made early exits from the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells the last two years, U.S. Open champion Andy Murray is banking on a long break from the game to help spark his form for the 2013 edition.

INDIAN WELLS, California, March 7 (Reuters) - Roger Federer applauded Thursday's announcement that tennis will introduce biological passports for players and urged the sport to make the ATP Tour "as clean as it possibly can be" with a broad approach.

INDIAN WELLS, California, March 7 (Reuters) - Buoyant after a successful tournament run on clay in recent weeks, Rafa Nadal knows he will face the toughest test of his injury comeback at the BNP Paribas Open starting on Thursday.

March 7 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Indian Wells Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Thursday David Nalbandian (Argentina) beat Marcel Granollers (Spain) 6-4 6-2 Kevin Anderson (South Africa) beat Victor Hanescu (Romania) 7-6(6) 6-3 Leonardo Mayer (Argentina) beat Xavier Malisse (Belgium) 6-2 3-6 6-4 Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) beat Igor Sijsling (Netherlands) 4-6 6-3 6-3 Benoit Paire (France) beat Lukasz Kubot (Poland) 5-7 7-5 6-2 David Goffin (Belgium) beat Viktor Tr

March 7 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Indian Wells Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Thursday Urszula Radwanska (Poland) beat Arantxa Rus (Netherlands) 6-3 6-3 Sofia Arvidsson (Sweden) beat Laura Robson (Britain) 2-6 7-6(2) 6-1 Kimiko Date-Krumm (Japan) beat Galina Voskoboeva (Kazakhstan) 6-4 3-6 6-4 Taylor Townsend (U.S.) beat Lucie Hradecka (Czech Republic) 3-6 7-6(1) 6-3 Irina Begu (Romania) beat Heather Watson (Britain) 6-2 6-4 Monica Niculesc

LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) - Tennis will introduce biological passports for players and increase the number of blood tests done each year, the sport's anti-doping agency said on Thursday.

March 7 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Indian Wells Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Wednesday Christina Mchale (U.S.) beat Tsvetana Pironkova (Bulgaria) 6-3 6-4 Francesca Schiavone (Italy) beat Flavia Pennetta (Italy) 7-5 6-1 Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spain) beat Grace Min (U.S.) 1-6 6-4 6-3 Maria Sanchez (U.S.) beat Olga Puchkova (Russia) 6-3 6-3 Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) beat Ayumi Morita (Japan) 6-1 6-2

INDIAN WELLS, California, March 6 (Reuters) - Svetlana Kuznetsova continued her encouraging resurgence from an injury-hampered 2012 campaign with a 6-3 6-1 demolition of Czech Andrea Hlavackova in the BNP Paribas Open first round on Wednesday.

INDIAN WELLS, California, March 6 (Reuters) - Having had her own fair share of knocks in recent months while struggling for form on the tennis court, Caroline Wozniacki sprang to the defence of her golfing boyfriend Rory McIlroy in his time of trouble on Wednesday.

INDIAN WELLS, California, March 6 (Reuters) - For a second successive year, Victoria Azarenka brings red-hot form to Indian Wells for the BNP Paribas Open but the confident Belarusian has no desire to reflect on past glories.

March 6 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Indian Wells Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Wednesday Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) beat Andrea Hlavackova (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-1 Olga Govortsova (Belarus) beat Mandy Minella (Luxembourg) 6-2 3-6 6-4 Mallory Burdette (U.S.) beat Jill Craybas (U.S.) 6-3 6-1 Silvia Soler Espinosa (Spain) beat Vania King (U.S.) 6-7(7) 6-2 6-1 Chanelle Scheepers (South Africa) beat Kristina Mladenovic (France) 6-4 6-1 Joha