GB's Kartal and Fearnley progress at Indian Wells

Britons Sonay Kartal and Jacob Fearnley both progressed to the second round at Indian Wells with straight-set wins.

The 24-year-old Kartal defeated Thailand's Lanlana Tararudee 6-4 6-4 to set up a meeting with American 20th seed Emma Navarro.

But it was far from straightforward for the British number two, who battled back impressively from a 4-2 deficit in both sets to win in one hour and 48 minutes.

Fearnley, the British men's number three, will face American seventh seed Taylor Fritz next after the 24-year-old defeated Bosnia's Damir Dzumhur 6-3 6-3.

However, fellow Briton Fran Jones suffered a straight-set loss to American qualifier Kayla Day, who completed a 6-3 6-1 win to set up a meeting with Poland's world number two Iga Swiatek.

Emma Raducanu will get her tournament under way on Friday when she faces Russian Anastasia Zakharova in the second round.

There was an eighth consecutive singles loss for seven-time Grand Slam champion and former world number one Venus Williams.

American Williams, 45, has not won since she became the second oldest woman to win a WTA Tour-level singles match by beating Peyton Stearns at the Washington Open last July.

Making her 10th appearance at Indian Wells, and first since 2024, the 554th-ranked Williams was beaten 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 6-1 by French world number 111 Diane Parry, who will play American 15th seed Madison Keys in the second round.

Williams, who has now experienced opening-round exits in her last five tournaments, felt the windy conditions in California played a part in the defeat.

"Today is not the kind of day that you want to assess. The conditions were impossible," she said.

"Also, in my match in Austin the conditions were impossible. I have played the last two matches in very difficult conditions."