Victoria Azarenka’s fighting spirit just wasn’t enough on Friday as the injured third seed was sent packing from Indian Wells ATP Masters and WTA BNP Paribas Open by 66th-ranked American Lauren Davis.
With the world No. 4 from Belarus hobbled by a painful left foot, the 20-year-old Davis won 6-0, 7-6(2).
The results:Men: First round: Teimuraz Gabashvili bt Nicolas Mahut 6-2, 7-5; Horacio Zeballos bt Rajeev Ram 6-3, 7-6(4); Nicolay Davydenko bt David Goffin 7-6(5), 4-6, 7-6(3); Robin Haase bt John-Patrick Smith 6-4, 6-4; Jarkko Nieminen bt Daniel Brands 4-6, 6-2, 6-2; Feliciano Lopez bt Dudi Sela 7-5, 6-3; Mikhail Kukushkin bt Samuel Groth 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(4); Julien Benneteau bt Daniel Munoz 3-6, 6-1, 6-3; Alejandro Gonzalez bt Adrian Mannarino 5-7, 6-4, 7-6(6); Victor Hanescu bt Stephane Robert 7-5, 3-6, 6-4.
Women: Second round: Simona Halep bt Kurumi Nara 6-2, 6-2; Lucie Safarova bt Yanina Wickmayer 6-3, 6-4; Eugenie Bouchard bt Peng Shuai 6-2, 6-2; Sara Errani bt Sharon Fichman 6-1, 6-1; Casey Dellacqua bt Kirsten Flipkens 1-6, 6-3, 6-1; Varvara Lepchenko bt Daniela Hantuchova 6-3, 6-2; Lauren Davis bt Victoria Azarenka 6-0, 7-6(2); Jelena Jankovic bt Yvonne Meusburger 6-3, 6-1; Yaroslava Shvedova bt Kaia Kanepi 6-3, 6-2; Caroline Wozniacki bt Bojana Jovanovski 6-1, 6-3; Carla Suarez Navarro bt Kristina Mladenovic 6-3, 6-3; Alize Cornet bt Silvia Soler-Espinosa 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Annika Beck bt Elena Vesnina 6-2, 3-6, 6-3; Agnieszka Radwanska bt Heather Watson 6-4, 6-3.