Tennis

Rafael Nadal of Spain, Novak Djokovic of Serbia, Nikolay Davydenko of Russia and Fernando Verdasco of Spain have reached the third round of the Indian wells tennis tournament.

In the second round played at California, twice champion and holder Rafael Nadal defeated Rainer Schuettler of Germany by 6-4 and 6-4 world number three Nadal, who relishes playing at the California desert venue, broke his opponent in the seventh game of the second set before clinching victory in one hour 34 minutes.
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Second-seeded Novak Djokovic survived a lapse in the second set before he held off American Mardy fish to record a topsy-turvy 6-1 0-6 and 6-2 win in the late match.
Djokovic will play Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber in the third round.
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In another second round match fifth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko beat Latvia's Ernests Gulbis in straight sets by 6-4 and 6-4.
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10th-seeded Fernando Verdasco eased past Paraguay's Ramon Delgado by 6-4 and 6-1 to qualify for the third round.


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