Indian Wells: Second seed Roger Federer opened his bid for a fifth Indian Wells title by easing to a 6-4, 6-2 second round victory over Argentina's Diego Schwartzman on Sunday.


Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates his win over Diego Schwartzman of Argentina during the BNP Parisbas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells. Pic/AFP 

The Swiss, who is making his 15th appearance in the California desert, advances to the third round, where he will face Italy's Andreas Seppi, who beat Federer earlier this year in the third round of the Australian Open. Federer overpowered Argentina's Schwartzman by blasting eight aces, winning 83 percent of his first service points in the 63-minute match.