World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz got off to a stuttering start in his ATP-WTA Indian Wells Masters title defence on Friday but turned the tables to beat Matteo Arnaldi 6-7 (5/7), 6-0, 6-1. 

Meanwhile, Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek led the charge into the third round with identical runaway scorelines on Friday. But there was no joy for former No. 1 Andy Murray, who suffered a 7-6 (7/3), 6-1 loss to fifth seed Andrey Rublev to exit the event where he lost the 2009 final to Rafael Nadal.