INDIAN WELLS, Calif. -- Two-time champion Maria Sharapova needed six match points to put away Yanina Wickmayer 6-1, 7-5 in her bid to become the first woman to win the BNP Paribas Open three times.
Sharapova wasted four match points in the 10th game when Wickmayer survived seven deuces on her serve to tie the set at 5. Sharapova served a love game and then won on Wickmayer's backhand error, one of 28 by the Belgian.
Sharapova takes on Victoria Azarenka in the third round in a matchup of former world No. 1 players.
Sixth-seeded Eugenie Bouchard beat Lucie Hradecka 6-2, 6-2 in two minutes less than Djokovic took on the same court. She broke the Czech six times in winning against Hradecka for the first time in three tries.
"I feel like I had a good groove going on," said Bouchard, who next plays 30th-seeded CoCo Vandeweghe, a 6-2, 6-3 winner over Sesil Karatantcheva.
Defending champion Flavia Pennetta easily advanced on a 91-degree day in the desert. Pennetta beat American Madison Brengle 6-4, 6-2 as the Italian opened the defense of the biggest title of her career. She has more ranking points (1,065) on the line at this tournament and coming up in Miami than any other player. Pennetta is looking to rebound from a poor start this year, having lost in the first round in Sydney and the Australian Open.
Other winners were No. 4 seed Caroline Wozniacki, No. 5 Ana Ivanovic, No. 11 Sara Errani and No. 16 Madison Keys, who got an on-court visit from her coach and former world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport, who was applauded by fans who recognized her.
Keys beat Klara Koukalova 6-3, 6-2 in her first tournament since her run to the Australian Open semifinals in January.
"As great as Australia was, just trying to build from it and keep going and not just be really happy with what happened there," Keys said.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.