Briton Kyle Edmund cruised into the BNP Paribas Open ATP Masters second round with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Portugal’s Gastao Elias on Friday. Rohan Bopanna and Pablo Cuevas yet again failed to click as a team, losing the closely-fought opening round to Novak Djokovic and Viktor Troicki 6-2, 3-6, [7-10]. Important results:Men: First round: Taylor Fritz bt Benoit Paire 6-3, 6-2; Malek Jaziri bt Nicolas Mahut 6-3, 6-2; Henri Laaksonen bt Borna Coric 3-6, 6-4, 6-2; Mikhail Youzhny bt Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-4; Jiri Vesely bt Renzo Olivo 6-4, 2-6, 6-1; Guido Pella bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 4-6, 7-5, 6-2; Kyle Edmund bt Gastao Elias 6-1, 6-3. Doubles:First round: Novak Djokovic & Viktor Troicki bt Pablo Cuevas & Rohan Bopanna 2-6, 6-3, [10-7]. Women: Second round: Karolina Pliskova bt Monica Puig 1-6, 6-4, 6-4; Kiki Bertens bt Belinda Bencic 6-2, 6-2; Timea Bacsinszky bt Monica Niculescu 7-5, 6-2; Daria Gavrilova bt Yanina Wickmayer 6-2, 7-6(5).

Source: The Hindu March 12, 2017 00:33 UTC