Murrays win all-British doubles duel

Andy and Jamie Murray advanced to the second round of the men’s doubles at the BNP Paribas Open with a three-set triumph over Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins in Indian Wells.

The four Britons put on an entertaining display in a closely-contested encounter on Court Seven, the Scottish brothers eventually prevailing 3-6 6-2 13-11 on the match tie-break. Andy Murray, who suffered a shock exit in the singles second round at the hands of world No 92 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez on Saturday night, sealed victory with a forehand return after Fleming and Hutchins had failed to convert two match-points.

In singles action, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer enjoyed straightforward victories, but in the women’s draw, Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova suffered a surprise early exit.

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Nadal, making his first appearance since losing to world No 1 Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final in January, showed no signs of rust in winning his second-round clash 6-1, 6-3 against Leonardo Mayer in 75 minutes. Next up for Nadal will be 26th seed Marcel Granollers, who beat Tommy Haas 6-3 2-6 6-3.

Third-seed Federer breezed into round three, seeing off the challenge of 19-year-old Ukraine-born American Denis Kudla 6-4 6-1 in 57 minutes. Kvitova, went out to Christina McHale, the American 32nd seed, 2-6 6-2 6-3.