Indian Wells: World No. 1 Andy Murray was sent packing from the second round of the Indian Wells Masters on Saturday after losing 6-4 7-6 (5) to Canadian qualifier Vasek Pospisil. Earlier, Italian Fabi Fognini won a battle of expectant fathers when he beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-4.

In another upset on Saturday, Japanese world No. 70 Yoshihito Nishioka beat Croatian veteran Ivo Karlovic 6-4, 6-3, but seeds Dominic Thiem, David Goffin and Tomas Berdych won their matches to advance.

In the women's, Angelique Kerber, who will reclaim the world No. 1 ranking on Monday, breezed to a 6-2, 6-1 second-round victory over fellow German Andrea Petkovic on Saturday.

Fourth seed Simona Halep also won emphatically, 6-4 6-1 over Donna Vekic.

Talking about the Indians, Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Barbora Strycova stormed into the quarter finals with a straight-set win over their opponents in the women's doubles here.

The Indo-Czech pair beat Sara Errani of Italy and Alicja Rosolska of Poland 6-2, 6-3 in a 64-minute second round contest..

And in the men's doubles, Leander Paes and his Argentine partner Juan Martin del Potro lost to American Sam Querrey and Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 3-6, 4-6 in the first round.