Sixth-seeded Eugenie Bouchard, from Westmount, Que., beat Lucie Hradecka 6-2, 6-2 in two minutes less than Novak Djokovic took on the same court at BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif. on Saturday .
Bouchard broke the Czech six times in winning against Hradecka for the first time in three tries.
"I feel like I had a good groove going on," said Bouchard, who next plays 30th-seeded CoCo Vandeweghe, a 6-2, 6-3 winner over Sesil Karatantcheva.
Andy Murray beat Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil 6-1, 6-3, with the hard-serving Canadian making it easier with 35 unforced errors.
Two-time champion Maria Sharapova needed six match points before putting away Yanina Wickmeyer 6-1, 7-5 in her bid to become the first woman to win the tournament three times.
Kei Nishikori beat American Ryan Harrison 6-4, 6-4, while defending women's champion Flavia Pennetta easily advanced on a 91-degree day in the desert.
Murray broke Pospisil three times in the first set, winning the final six games. They traded breaks to open the second. Murray broke Pospisil at love in the eighth game and then served his own love game to close out the match.
"I didn't go for too much, but I also felt like when we were in the rallies I was dictating them, keeping him pinned in his backhand corner, and pushing him further and further away from the baseline," Murray said.
Murray lost in the Australian Open final to Djokovic and has played just two other tournaments so far in addition to Davis Cup.
Harrison fell to 1-24 against top-10 players in his career.
Pennetta beat American Madison Brengle 6-4, 6-2 as the Italian opened defence of the biggest title of her career. She is looking to rebound from a poor start this year, having lost in the first round in Sydney and the Australian Open.
Other women's winners were: No. 4 seed Caroline Wozniacki, fifth-seeded Ana Ivanovic, No. 11 Sara Errani, and No. 16 Madison Keys, who got an on-court visit from her coach and former world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport, applauded by fans who recognized her.
Keys beat Klara Koukalova 6-3, 6-2 in her first tournament since her run to the Australian Open semifinals in January.
On the men's side, Juan Monaco upset No. 10 Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-4, while No. 16 Kevin Anderson, No. 26 Phillip Kohlschreiber, and No. 28 Fernando Verdasco all won in straight sets. No. 23 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez lost to wild card Thanasi Kokkinakis, 6-4, 6-1, and No. 25 Julien Benneteau was beaten by Albert Ramos-Vinolas, 6-2, 6-3.
Defending champion Djokovic dispatched Marcos Baghdatis 6-1, 6-3 in 59 minutes to reach the third round.
Djokovic hasn't lost a set to Baghdatis in their last three meetings dating to 2011.
The Serb looked every inch the world's top-ranked men's player, connecting on 74 per cent of his first serves and dictating from the baseline.
"I thought I had a very solid performance," Djokovic said on court. "I managed to stay aggressive from the baseline and served very well."
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