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    Murray advances, Kerber sent packing at Indian Wells

    World number two Andy Murray was given a tough test but pushed his way past Marcel Granollers 6-4 7-6(3) in his opening match at the BNP Paribas Open in California on Saturday

    Murray advances, Kerber sent packing at Indian Wells
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    Andy Murray

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    Murray led Great Britain to a Davis Cup victory over Japan last week, but apart from that team event had not competed since his Australian Open final loss to Novak Djokovic on January 31. 

    Murray has made plenty of news off the court since then, however, welcoming the birth of his first child last month and earlier this week rebuking Maria Sharapova for her drug test failure. 

    On the court in Indian Wells on Saturday, Murray overcame a break in the first set, and then took the second in a tiebreak against his Spanish opponent.

    Kyrgios in swearing row again: 

    Australian Nick Kyrgios was involved in a fresh dispute after being accused of swearing at the BNP Paribas Open. At 2-2 in the second set of his second-round defeat by Spaniard Albert Ramos, the umpire said Kyrgios had used foul language and docked the player a point. “You used the F word,” explained French official Damien Dumusois.

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