Andreas Seppi secured an early victory to set up a second round clash with world number four Andy Murray at the BNP Paribas Open.
Italian advances to meet British number one at Indian Wells
Italian Andreas Seppi secured an early victory to set up a second round clash with world number four Andy Murray at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.
Seppi, ranked 46th in the world, saw off American wild-card entry Robby Ginepri 2-6 7-5 (7-5) 6-3 to book his showdown with the British number one, who has a first-round bye.
Another American wild-card to make a swift exit was Jesse Levine, who lost to Dudi Sela of Israel 6-2 6-2.
Argentinean wild-card David Nalbandian safely negotiated his way through the first round with a 6-2 7-6 (7-2) defeat of qualifier Stefan Koubek, while American James Blake stormed past Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-3 6-2.
Frenchman Richard Gasquet made an early exit after falling to Simon Greul of Germany in a tough 7-6 (10-8) 7-6 (9-7) battle.
Also through to the next round are Victor Hanescu, Arnaud Clement, Sergiy Stakhovsky, Thiemo De Bakker, Yen-Hsun Lu, Michael Russell, Nicolas Almagro, Marinko Matosevic, Ricardo Mello, Paul-Henri Mathieu and Evgeny Korolev.
