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Sharapova advances at Indian Wells

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Maria Sharapova will face No. 25 seed Carla Suarez Navarro in the third round.
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Updated Mar 9, 2013 1:12 AM ET
     
 

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP)

Maria Sharapova began her pursuit of a second BNP Paribas Open title with an easy victory and Svetlana Kuznetsova came back from a first-set whitewashing to win as the second round began and the seeded players joined the action Friday at Indian Wells.

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Sharapova, who won the title in 2006 and lost to top-seeded Victoria Azarenka in last year's fiinal, was a perfect 6-for-6 on break point against No. 47 Francesca Schiavone of Italy and wrapped up the 6-2, 6-1 victory when Schiavone double faulted.

A few minutes earlier, Kuznetsova had her third service break of the match to finish off an 0-6, 6-2, 7-5 win over former No. 1 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia, the 18th seed.

Kuznetsova, a one-time No. 2 who missed much of last year with a right knee injury, closed out the match with a forehand down the line.

Sharapova will face No. 25 seed Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain in the third round and Kuznetsova will face No. 9 seed Marion Bartoli of France, a 6-3, 6-3 winner over South African Chanelle Scheepers.

Petra Kvitova, Maria Kirilenko, Sara Errani, Roberta Vinci, Dominika Cibulkova, Sorana Cristea, Johanna Larsson and qualifier Lesia Tsurenko also moved into the third round of the women's draw.

Meanwhile, the men's first round continued with American veteran James Blake overpowering Robin Haase of The Netherlands, 6-3, 6-4 to set up a second-round match against No. 8 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France.

Pablo Andujar of Spain outlasted American Steve Johnson 2-6, 6-1, 6-4; Ivo Karlovic of Croatia served 12 aces in a 3-6, 7-6 (8), 6-2 win over Jack Sock of the US; Nikolay Davydenko of Russia beat Paul-Henri Mathieu of France, 7-6 (1), 6-2; and Albert Ramos of Spain posted a 6-3, 6-3 win over Horacio Zeballos of Argentina, who recently beat Rafael Nadal in the final of a clay court event in Chile.

Nadal (5), Roger Federer (2) and David Ferrer (4) are among the seeds who will be in action when the men's second round begins Saturday.

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