The third-seeded Spaniard and former world No. 1 outlasted the 19th seed Czech Tomas Berdych 6-4, 7-6 (6-4) in 2 hours, 11 minutes here on the hardcourts at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

Nadal, who won 73 percent of his first serves, beat Andy Murray in last year's Indian Wells finale and also titled here in 2007.

The sixth-seeded Serbian Jankovic moved into the semifinals at this top-flight hardcourt event with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over 23rd-seeded Russian Alisa Kleybanova at the beautiful Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

Jankovic prevailed in 1 hour, 42 minutes with the help of three service breaks against the 20-year-old Kleybanova, who captured her first career WTA Tour title in Malaysia three weeks ago. Jankovic also beat Kleybanova in a Fed Cup match last month.

The sixth-seeded Serbian Jankovic moved into the semifinals at this top-flight hardcourt event with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over 23rd-seeded Russian Alisa Kleybanova at the beautiful Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

Jankovic prevailed in 1 hour, 42 minutes, with the help of three service breaks against the 20-year-old Kleybanova, who captured her first career WTA Tour title in Malaysia three weeks ago.

After World No. 1 Roger Federer was upset in third-round play on Tuesday, the second-seeded Djokovic was ousted by 20th-seeded Ivan Ljubicic, 7-5, 6-3 a day later.

The veteran Croat sent the Serbian star packing in 1 hour, 44 minutes with the help of 13 aces and three service breaks.

The native of Denmark, who was last year's U.S. Open runner-up and entered play as the second seed, downed 18th-seeded Zheng Jie of China, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, in a match which early on seemed to look like a rout but wound up lasting two hours, 18 minutes.

Her semifinal opponent will be Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, who upended Russian star Elena Dementieva earlier in the day.

Baghdatis of Cyprus fended off three match points to beat Federer 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (7-4) in two hours, 22 minutes on the hardcourts at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

The Cypriot had lost all six of his previous encounters with the great Swiss.

Wozniacki, the runner-up in last year's U.S. Open, recovered from a lackluster second set against No. 16 Nadia Petrova to cruise in the third for a 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 victory over the Russian.

The 2006 Indian Wells runner-up Dementieva drubbed 19th-seeded Frenchwoman Aravane Rezai 6-3, 6-3 on the hardcourts at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

Spaniard Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, the 28th seed, took down Azarenka of Belarus 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 at the beautiful Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

Another upset came when 23rd-seeded Russian Alisa Kleybanova upended former world No. 1 Clijsters 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7-4) in two hours, 36 minutes.

The second-seeded Djokovic outlasted 25th-seeded German Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (7-3) on the hardcourts at Indian Wells Tennis Garden. The 2008 Indian Wells titlist Djokovic staved off three match points while trailing 4-5 in the third set here on Day 5.

Djokovic prevailed in 2 hours, 35 minutes with a match-ending inside-out forehand winner. Up next for Djokovic will be 20th-seeded Croat Ivan Ljubicic.

Wozniacki blew past Russian Maria Kirilenko, the 32nd seed, 6-0, 6-3, at the beautiful Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

In a mild upset, 18th-seeded Zheng Jie of China outlasted 10th-seeded Russian Sharapova 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. Sharapova titled here in 2006.

Federer captured his fifth lifetime matchup without a loss against Romanian Victor Hanescu, 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1. The top-ranked Swiss Federer, who won the title from 2004-06, played his first match since capturing his 16th career Grand Slam crown at the Australian Open on January 31.

Fourth-seeded Scotsman Andy Murray also went through to the third round with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Italian Andreas Seppi. Murray is last year's runner-up, losing to Rafael Nadal in the final.

Nadal, the reigning titlist and third seed, eased past German Rainer Schuettler, 6-4, 6-4, to move into the third round. Meanwhile, Djokovic topped American Mardy Fish 6-1, 0-6, 6-2. The second-seeded Serbian needed a little under two hours to record the win.

Additionally, fifth-seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko was a 6-4, 6-4 winner over Ernests Gulbis.

Navarro's victory was the only significant upset so far Saturday at the beautiful Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

Third-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus rolled to a 6-1, 7-5 win over Sybille Bammer of Austria; No. 9 Flavia Pennetta of Italy dropped Czech Petra Kvitova, 6-3, 6-3; and No.

The second-seeded Wozniacki, of Denmark, came from behind to beat American Vania King 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 at the beautiful Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Sharapova, seeded 10th, also rallied from a set down to post a 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory over fellow Russian Vera Dushevina. Sharapova titled here in 2006.

Belgian Justine Henin came up short in her second-round match as the 31st seed, Gisela Dulko of Argentina, topped the 2004 Indian Wells champ 6-2, 1-6, 6-4.

Blake cruised past Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-3, 6-2 in a mere 55 minutes on the hardcourts at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. The struggling 30-year- old Blake improved to a pedestrian 6-5 this season.

Nalbandian, who reached as high as third in the world rankings, topped qualifier Stefan Koubek 6-2, 7-6 (7-2) in nearly one hour, 15 minutes. He reached the quarterfinals at Copa Telmex earlier this year before pulling out with an injury.

Blake cruised past Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-3, 6-2 in a mere 55 minutes on the hardcourts at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. The struggling 30-year- old Blake improved to a pedestrian 6-5 this season.

Additional opening-round wins came for Spaniard Nicolas Almagro, Israeli Dudi Sela, German Simon Greul, Taipei's Yen-Hsun Lu and Aussie Marinko Matosevic. Sela dismissed American Jesse Levine 6-2, 6-2, while Greul drove out Frenchman Richard Gasquet 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (9-7).

Fish, the runner-up here in 2008, rallied from a set down to post a 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 victory over German Michael Berrer, while Moya dismissed American Tim Smyczek 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-5) on the hardcourts at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

The former world No. 1 Moya reached the final here in 1999.

Indian Wells, California

Total Prize Money: $4,500,000

Marco Chiudinelli vs. Ernests Gulbis Pablo Cuevas vs. Frederico Gil Alejandro Falla vs. Florent Serra Ramon Delgado vs. Andreas Beck Bjorn Phau vs. Kevin Anderson Potito Starace vs. Jeremy Chardy Bobby Reynolds vs. Mario Ancic Thiago Alves vs. Rainer Schuettler Guillermo Garcia-Lopez vs. Lukas Lacko Carlos Moya vs. Tim Smyczek Olivier Rochus vs. Fabio Fognini Rajeev Ram vs. Daniel Koellerer Leonardo Mayer vs. Brian Dabul Taylor Dent vs. Ryan Harrison Christophe Rochus vs. Philipp Petzschner Michael Berrer vs. Mardy Fish

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Henin drilled Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-2, 6-2 at the beautiful Indian Wells Tennis Garden. The Belgian was playing her first tennis since losing to Serena Williams in the Aussie Open final.

The 27-year-old Henin titled here in 2004.

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Anna Chakvetadze vs. Anne Keothavong Magdalena Rybarikova vs. Justine Henin Jill Craybas vs. Eleni Daniilidou Ioana Raluca Olaru vs. Polona Hercog Melinda Czink vs. Kimiko Date Krumm Tamarine Tanasugarn vs. Edina Gallovits Timea Bacsinszky vs. Kirsten Flipkens Olga Govortsova vs. Iveta Benesova Alexa Glatch vs. Elena Baltacha Alicia Molik vs. Tatjana Malek Sorana Cirstea vs. Kaia Kanepi Jelena Dokic vs. Vera Dushevina Patty Schnyder vs. Tathiana Garbin Peng Shuai vs. Ekaterina Makarova Virginie Razzano vs. Kristina Barrois Vania King vs. Christina McHale

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The former Australian Open runner-up Gonzalez handled Sela 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 in just over two hours on the red clay in Coquimbo on Day 3 here.

On Sunday, doubles specialists Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram kept the Israelis alive, at 1-2, with a 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (11-9), 2-6, 6-1, 6-0 victory over a Chilean tandem of Jorge Aguilar and Paul Capdeville.

Coquimbo, Chile

Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) leads Dudi Sela (ISR), 2-0 Nicolas Massu (CHI) vs. Harel Levy (ISR)

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-of-five tie 2-1.

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Pavlyuchenkova rallied from a first-set loss to take down second-seeded Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova 1-6, 6-1, 6-0 on the hardcourts at Sierra Madre Country Club.

The 18-year-old Pavlyuchenkova won her first WTA title in her first-ever final match on the WTA Tour.

Erlich and Ram fought back for a 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (11-9), 2-6, 6-1, 6-0 victory over a Chilean tandem of Jorge Aguilar and Paul Capdeville.

Monday's reverse singles will decide the winner here, as Chilean Fernando Gonzalez will take on Dudi Sela in the first match and Nicolas Massu is scheduled to face Harel Levy in a possible deciding rubber.