BNP Paribas Open: Davis topples Azarenka

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.