Wins for Jack Draper, Sonay Kartal & Cam Norrie in second round

Draper marks return with a win

Draper was made to work hard for his winning return at Indian Wells, competing in his first ATP Masters 1000 event since Rome last year.

After missing out on three break points in the opening game of the match, Draper found himself on the back foot. The Spaniard broke at 3-2 and held to see out the first set.

Draper gave the perfect response and his fast start to the second set was pivotal to his comeback. He raced out to a 3-0 lead with his first break of the match and quickly levelled back at one set apiece.

The Briton can take encouragement from the way he served throughout the match – winning 88% (35/40) points on his first serve. Draper broke twice in the deciding set and saved five break points of his own to see out the win.

The British star was happy to make it through but admitted he still has a way to go to get back to his best.

"It felt amazing," he said. "It's nice to be back somewhere where I've had great memories. But also I'm a little bit under-prepared because of the amount of tennis I've missed.

"The injury I had it wasn't like a couple of weeks. It was eight months. I missed so much competitive tennis and I do feel that.

"He played really good in the first set. It's not easy out here in these conditions. I know from last year these conditions reward someone who looks to the forehand and who's aggressive, especially with the way the ball reacts off the surface. I felt like from the second set I really did that.

"These wins are massive for me, especially on my return to the tour. Hopefully I can keep on progressing from here with how I want to play."

Kartal upsets Navarro to reach third round

Kartal came out the blocks flying in a rematch of her Billie Jean King Cup semi-final clash against Navarro.

The Brit won the opening set in just 18 minutes – dropping only four points on serve – and looked set to seal a stand out win in record time.

However, the 20th seed fought back in the second set and there was cause for concern as Kartal called for a medical timeout.

With the match evenly poised going into the decider, Kartal showed her fighting spirit to deny the former top 10 star two opportunities to serve out the match before dominating the tie-break.

"I had little niggles here and there," Kartal said after the match. "I think I just landed a bit funny on serve and had a bit of a twitch in my back.

"That made me lose a lot of power, I was struggling to generate anything off my shots. I had to dig deep.

“I am just super proud of how I fought through that. It would have been easy to throw in the towel, but it is matches like that which make you super proud of yourself.”

Norrie too good for McDonald

It was a relatively routine win for Norrie – beating world No.126 McDonald in an hour and 22 minutes to reach the third round.

Norrie had to save four break points in a tricky opening game before then breaking himself at 2-1 and then again at 5-2 to see out the set.

The British star hit an impressive 25 winners in two sets and dealt McDonald a decisive blow with a break at 4-3 in the second.

Norrie faces a tough contest with world No.6 De Minaur in the next round who has already lifted a title in Rotterdam and made the quarter-final of the Australian Open this year. They are currently 2-2 in the head-to-head.

Click here to read article