Maria Sharapova beat Angela Haynes to reach the third round of the Indian Wells.

　　Reigning Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova hit two aces and hammered 15 winners to beat Angela Haynes 6-1, 6-2 to reach the third round of the Indian Wells WTA/ATP Masters Series event.

　　The 17-year-old Russian, who has already won two WTA titles this year, had six backhand winners to Haynes’ none in the 67-minute match.

　　The women’s field at the 4.8 million dollar event is wide open this year with top seed Lindsay Davenport, France’s Amelie Mauresmo, third seed Sharapova, US Open champ Svetlana Kuznetsova and unseeded Belgium Kim Clijsters all a threat for the title.

　　In the men’s draw, Spain’s Tommy Robredo stopped Gael Monfils, of France, 6-3, 6-1 and Jarkko Nieminen of Finland defeated Peru’s Luis Horna 6-0, 7-6 (7/1).