Canadian Leylah Fernandez and American Taylor Townsend advanced to the second round in women’s doubles at the Indian Wells tournament on Thursday.
The pair defeated Latisha Chan and Chan Hao-Ching in straight sets 6-4, 7-6 (5).
In women’s singles, Canadian Rebecca Marino lost in straight sets 6-2, 6-2 against Czech Marketa Vondrousova in the first round.
The British Columbian had two aces and six double faults, earning just 60.6 percent of her first-serve points.
Also, Marino didn’t get any chances to break in the 70 minutes of this game.
Vondrousova had four aces and four double faults, but won 86.2 percent of her points on the first pitch. She made four of her eight break chances.
Danielle Collins fell to a player outside the top-50 for the second time in a row, as she was beaten 6-4, 6-4 by Dalma Galfi, 80th in the world.
Varvara Gracheva lost 6-2, 6-2 against Ysaline Bonaventure. Katerina Siniakova eliminated Jule Niemeier 7-5, 6-4 while Jil Teichmann defeated Ashlyn Krueger 6-1, 6-4.
In men’s singles, Stanislas Wawrinka made a successful return to Indian Wells after a four-year absence, showing the exit to qualifier Aleksander Vukic 6-4, 1-6, 6-1.
The 37-year-old Swiss, who has won three Grand Slams and reached No. 3 in the world, sits 100th after a series of left foot and knee surgeries. He hit 10 aces in that duel and won 28 of 33 service games.
His previous hard-court match in California ended in a loss to compatriot Roger Federer in 2019.
Jack Draper completely outplayed qualifier Leandro Riedi 6-1, 6-1 to set the stage for an all-British game against No. 24 Dan Evans. Mackenzie McDonald defeated Filip Krajinovic 6-3, 6-0.
Wawrinka will face No. 26 seed Miomir Kecmanovic in the second round of this first Masters 1000 of the season.
In men’s doubles, Canadian stars Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov will begin their tournament against American Ben Shelton and Dane Holger Rune.