Defending champions Novak Djokovic and Caroline Wozniacki eased through their openers in the California desert while fourth seed Andy Murray bit the dust for the second straight year. Djokovic has not made the same perfect start to the season as he did in 2011, but defeated Andrey Golubev in his first match of the ATP/WTA Indian Wells Tournament for the second time in as many years Saturday. He easily beat the Kazakh qualifier 6-3, 6-2 in a 62-minute match – two minutes longer than he took last year, when he went on to capture his second Indian Wells title. Murray failed to advance past his opening Indian Wells match for the second year in a row, losing 6-4, 6-2 to unseeded Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. Murray, who was ousted by American Donald Young last year, made 34 unforced errors compared to just 16 for world number 92 Garcia-Lopez in the one hour, 40 minute night match. “I squandered so many chances,” Murray said. World No. 1 Djokovic, who came into Indian Wells last year riding a win streak that he eventually stretched to 41 matches, is now 11-1 this season. The lone blemish on his record is a defeat in the Dubai semifinals last week to Murray. But Djokovic, who won his fifth Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in January, will not have to worry about Murray this time around. In other men's second round matches, Andy Roddick rallied to beat Lukasz Kubot 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 and Czech seventh seed Tomas Berdych beat Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-7 (2/7), 6-3, 6-4. Both Indian Wells defending champions advanced in straight sets as Wozniacki of Denmark kick-started her bid to become just the second woman to win back-to-back titles at the tournament. Wozniacki broke Ekaterina Makarova of Russia in every service game to post a 6-2, 6-0 win. Fourth-seeded Wozniacki advances to the third round, where she will face top Swede Sofia Arvidsson, who beat Monica Niculescu of Romania 6-3, 6-3. Two other women's top seeds advanced as sixth-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur and second seed Maria Sharapova cruised through their opening matches. Stosur breezed past American wildcard Irina Falconi 6-0, 6-3. Three-time grand slam winner Sharapova dispatched Gisela Dulko in 66 minutes, winning 6-2, 6-0 in the night match. The 24-year-old Russian improved to 9-2 this season as she tries to regain the number one ranking in the world. Stosur will next play Russian Nadia Petrova, who beat American wild card Lauren Davis 6-3, 6
