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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. – No seeds in action yet, but wild card Andy Murray had a very winnable match against Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel and after a slow start, prevailed.

As well, the “Special Ks”, Australian Open doubles champions, got on the doubles court the day after Nick Kyrgios started his singles campaign successfully on a chilly Thursday night.

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BNP Paribas Open
Location: Indian Wells, Calif.
Category: ATP Masters 1000 (joint event with the WTA Tour)
Dates: March 10 – 20, 2022
Prize money: $8,584,055
Draws: S96 – D32

Friday, March 11, 2022
Final results

Singles, first round

[WC] Steve Johnson (USA) def Daniel Altmaier (GER) 63 76 (3)
[WC] Andy Murray (GBR) def. [Q] Taro Daniel (JPN) 16 62 64

[Q] Holger Rune (DEN) def Ugo Humbert (FRA)  63 62
[Q] Jaume Munar (ESP) def. [Q] Juncheng Shang (CHN) 63 64
[LL] John Millman (AUS) Ilya Ivashka def Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 76 (6) 64

Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) def. [Q] Tennys Sandgren (USA) 64 62
Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) def. [Q] Liam Broady (GBR) 64 46 64
Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) def. [Q] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)63 63

Facundo Bagnis (ARG) def Henri Laaksonen (SUI) 63 76 (4)
Dominik Koepfer (GER) def Benoit Paire (FRA) 26 75 64
Kamil Majchrzak (POL) def [PR] Aljaz Bedene (SLO) 61 75
Brandon Nakashima (USA) def. Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 62 76 (4)
Oscar Otte (GER) def Richard Gasquet (FRA) 62 16 63
Tommy Paul (USA) def [Q] Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 64 64
[WC] Sam Querrey (USA) def Tallon Griekspoor (NED) 67 (3) 62 64
Jordan Thompson (AUS) def David Goffin (BEL) 46 75 76 (3)

Doubles, first round

[WC] John Isner / Jack Sock (USA) def [1] Nikola Mektic / Mate Pavic (CRO) 76 (2) 36 [10-7]

[7] Wesley Koolhof (NED) / Neal Skupski (GBR) def Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini (ITA) 64 64

[WC] Thanasi Kokkinakis / Nick Kyrgios (AUS) def Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) 75 16 [10-2]
[WC] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) / Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) def Raven Klaasen (RSA) / Ben McLachlan (JPN) 76 (5) 64
Aslan Karatsev / Andrey Rublev  def. Roberto Bautista Agut / Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 67 (4) 76 (6) [10-5]
Andrey Golubev (KAZ) / Alexander Zverev (GER) def. Daniel Evans (GBR) / Karen Khachanov 75 63
Federico Delbonis (ARG) / Cameron Norrie (GBR) def Ariel Behar (URU) / Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) 61 63

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