Robby Ginepri was taken to three sets by plucky Italian qualifier Paolo Lorenzi before reaching the second round of the ATP & WTA BNP Paribas Open.
Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez sets up clash with Andy Murray
Robby Ginepri was taken to three sets by plucky Italian qualifier Paolo Lorenzi before reaching the second round of the ATP & WTA BNP Paribas Open.
The American will now face 23rd seed Stanislas Wawrinka after eventually overcoming Lorenzi 1-6 6-3 6-4 in Indian Wells.
Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev saw off South Africa's Rik De Voest 6-1 6-4 to set up a meeting with world number one Novak Djokovic.
Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez will meet fourth-seeded Briton Andy Murray in the second round after getting past Portugal's Rui Machado 7-6 (8/6) 4-6 6-2.
Sam Querrey squeezed past fellow American Tim Smyczek 7-6 (7/1) 6-4, while Italy's Andreas Seppi rallied for a 4-6 6-3 6-4 triumph over Olivier Rochus of Belgium and Poland's Lukasz Kubot ousted big-serving Croatian Ivo Karlovic 6-4 6-2.
There were also wins in the men's first round for Philipp Kohlschreiber, Santiago Giraldo, Matthew Ebden, Albert Ramos, Pablo Andujar, Sergiy Stakhovsky, Dudi Sela, Frederico Gil, Nicolas Mahut and Ryan Harrison.
In the women's draw, Australian Jelena Dokic retired with a wrist injury after losing the first game of her first-round clash with Argentina's Gisela Dulko.
Neck injury
Hungary's Greta Arn also retired due to a neck injury when trailing Sweden's Johanna Larsson 4-1 in the first set.
Irina Falconi was another beneficiary of an opponent being unable to continue, the American winning 4-6 5-2 ret when Romania's Alexandra Dulgheru called it a day due to a knee problem.
Ekaterina Makarova ensured Bethanie Mattek-Sands' return after a month out with injury was not a successful one, the Russian beating the American 6-2 6-3.
Simona Halep, Chanelle Scheepers, Silvia Soler Espinosa, Tamira Paszek, Lesia Tsurenko, Ksenia Pervak, Irina-Camelia Begu, Magdalena Rybarikova, Sofia Arvidsson, Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Varvara Lepchenko and Lauren Davis all also advanced.
