The BNP Paribas Open has already claimed two of the top 10 seeds in men’s singles as World number one Andy Murray and French seventh seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga crashed out of the ATP Indian Wells Masters on Saturday.

The top seeded Murray was sent packing in his opener, losing 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) to Canadian qualifier Vasek Pospisil. This was the biggest win of 129th ranked player’s career, who sealed it on his fourth match point. Murray was twice up a break in the first set but ended up losing it 4-6 and the second in a tie-breaker.

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This was 26-year-old Pospisil’s fourth career victory over a top-10 player and his first since 2014. For the World No 1, it was yet another disappointing performance at Indian Wells, where his best performance came as a runner-up in 2009.

Frenchman Tsonga also lost his opener 7-6 (7/4), 3-6, 6-4 by Italy’s Fabio Fognini. Fognini, ranked 43rd in the world, ended the his nine-match winning streak which included titles at in Rotterdam and Marseille.

Meanwhile third-seeded Swiss Stan Wawrinka advanced with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Italian Paolo Lorenzi, eighth seed Dominic Thiem beat Jeremy Chardy 6-2, 6-4 while Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka overcame 19th-seeded Ivo Karlovic 6-4, 6-3.

Venus survives, Kerber cruises

In the women’s singles, Venus Williams saved three match points as she notched a remarkable 1-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-1 win over Jelena Jankovic to book her spot in the third round.

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With a bandaged right arm, she surrendered the first set in just 20 minutes and was down a break at 3-1 in the second. But she boucned back to break Jankovic twice, take a 5-4 lead in the second set and then broke in the 10th game to level at 5-5. Serving to save the match, Venus saved three match points to force the decider, which she raced away with.

Second seed Angelique Kerber had an easy foray into the third round with a simple 6-2, 6-1 victory over fellow German Andrea Petkovic. Simona Halep, seeded four, cruised through her opener beating Croatian wild card Donna Vekic 6-4, 6-1. Sixth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska beat Sara Sorribes 6-3, 6-4 and ninth-seeded American Madison Keys claimed a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Colombian Mariana Duque on her comeback.