Federer cruises, Anderson ousted

Indian Wells - Australian Open champion Roger Federer breezed into the third round of the ATP Indian Wells Masters on Sunday, overwhelming Stephane Robert 6-2, 6-1.

The Swiss great, who claimed his 18th Grand Slam title in Melbourne in January, needed just 51 minutes to get past the 81st-ranked Robert in the first meeting between the two.

He next faces American Steve Johnson, who dispatched South Africa's Kevin Anderson 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7/4).

Results on Sunday in the BNP Paribas Open ATP Masters/WTA tournament in Indian Wells, California (x denotes seeded player):

Men

Second rd

Taylor Fritz (USA) bt Marin Cilic (CRO x6) 4-6, 7-5, 6-4

Malek Jaziri (TUN) bt Marcel Granollers (ESP x32) 7-5, 6-3

Jack Sock (USA x17) bt Henri Laaksonen (SUI) 6-3, 0-6, 6-4

Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x12) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 6-4, 6-0

Lucas Pouille (FRA x14) bt Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 6-3, 6-2

Donald Young (USA) bt Sam Querrey (USA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Gilles Muller (LUX x25) bt Jirí Veselý (CZE) 7-6 (7/1), 6-1

Kei Nishikori (JPN x4) bt Daniel Evans (GBR) 6-3, 6-4

Rafael Nadal (ESP x5) bt Guido Pella (ARG) 6-3, 6-2

Fernando Verdasco (ESP x26) bt Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) 7-6 (7/5), 6-1

Steve Johnson (USA x24) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7/4)

Roger Federer (SUI) bt Stéphane Robert (FRA) 6-2, 6-1

Nick Kyrgios (AUS x15) bt Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 6-3, 6-4

Alexander Zverev (GER x18) bt Facundo Bagnis (ARG) 7-6 (12/10), 6-3

Juan Martín Del Potro (ARG x31) bt Federico Del Bonis (ARG) 7-6 (7/5), 6-3

Novak Djokovic (SRB x2) bt Kyle Edmund (GBR) 6-4, 7-6 (7/5)

Women

Third round

Karolína Pliskova (CZE x3) bt Irina Camelia Begu (ROM x29) 6-4, 7-6 (7/2)

Timea Bacsinszky (SUI x15) bt Kiki Bertens (NED x18) 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (10/8)

Elina Svitolina (UKR x10) bt Daria Gavrilova (AUS x24) 6-2, 6-1

Garbine Muguruza (ESP x7) bt Kayla Day (USA) 3-6, 7-5, 6-2

Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x5) bt Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) 2-6, 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/4)

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x19) bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE x17) 6-3, 6-2

Caroline Garcia (FRA x21) bt Johanna Konta (GBR x11) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/1)

Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x8) bt Roberta Vinci (ITA x26) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1