The Swiss initially won three straight titles from 2004-06 and then triumphed in 2012 and 2017, alongside further runner-up finishes in 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2019.

INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Roger Federer and Andy Murray both shrugged off the rust of enforced layoffs with second-round victories at the ATP event in Indian Wells on Saturday.

Federer, who has a bye into the second round, takes on Argentina's Sergio Roitman or Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain in his opening match. Last year, he lost at the same stage 6-3 4-6 6-0 to ...

Ninth-seeded Federer, however, downplayed the drama of sharing a quarter with Nadal and Djokovic. Among the three of them they have won 12 of the past 13 Indian Wells titles.