Sharapova sails

Reigning Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova hit two aces and hammered 15 winners to beat Angela Haynes 6-1, 6-2 to reach the third round of the Indian Wells WTA/ATP Masters Series event on Saturday.

Meghann Shaughnessy advanced to the third round by beating fellow American Shikha Uberoi 7-5, 6-1.

In the men's event, eight-time major winner Andre Agassi ended Arthurs' run of 109 undefeated service games.

Agassi broke Arthurs' serve four times, rolling to a 6-4, 6-1 victory.

Andy Roddick narrowly avoided getting upset by 45th-ranked Fernando Verdasco of Spain winning 6-3, 3-6, 7-6.

Englishman Tim Henman was also given a scare in his opening match, coming from behind to beat France's Arnaud Clement 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

In other men's matches, David Nalbandian dominated fellow Argentine Juan Monaco 6-2, 6-1, Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan defeated Agustin Calleri, of Argentina, 7-5, 6-4 and Fernando Gonzalez outslugged Brit Greg Rusedski 7-6, 7-6.