Milos Raonic returns to Simone Bolelli during their match at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Sunday, March 15, 2015, in Indian Wells, Calif.Mark J. Terrill/The Associated Press
Donald Young led a parade of upsets at the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday, with the American beating 31st-seeded Jeremy Chardy 6-4, 6-2.
Young equalled his best result at Indian Wells, reaching the third round for the third time. He faces a potentially tough next match, taking on either No. 3 seed Rafael Nadal or Igor Sijsling, who met in the evening.
"The main thing is I'm doing it a little more consistent, playing a good match after another one, battling through tough situations, and not letting them be too much and take me out of my rhythm," Young said.
Young reached his second career ATP Tour final last month in Florida and made the semif-inals in Memphis.
No. 11 Grigor Dimitrov nearly followed some of the other seeded players out of the tournament, needing three sets to hold off Nick Kyrgios 7-6 (2), 3-6, 7-6 (4) over two hours in 90-degree weather that is unusually hot for this time of year in the desert.
Kyrgios fell and rolled his ankle in the ninth game of the last set, but managed to break back and had a chance to serve out a victory.
Dimitrov held serve and went on to win the tiebreaker.
No. 6 Milos Raonic restored order, firing 13 aces and losing just eight points on his serve in defeating Simone Bolelli 6-3, 6-4.
"As well as I got the numbers on my serve, I felt I could serve better," Raonic said.
"I was really just trying to, especially being the first match of the tournament, hone in on getting my serve, getting my returns and trying to find that short ball."
Alexandr Dolgopolov, who made the semis here last year, beat No. 29 Santiago Giraldo 6-1, 7-6 (4). Qualifier Michael Berrer advanced when No. 22 Richard Gasquet retired trailing 3-1 in the third set.
Other winners were No. 27 Lukas Rosol and No. 30 Andreas Seppi.
On the women's side, Heather Watson upset seventh-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 6-4, and Elina Svitolina knocked out 10th-seeded Lucie Safarova 7-6 (5), 7-5.
Serena Williams played later in her second match since ending her 14-year boycott of the tournament, followed by Roger Federer. She beat Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan 6-2, 6-0.
Williams has not played at Indian Wells since 2001, when she was booed by the crowd after her sister, Venus, withdrew from a semi-final match between the two due to tendinitis.