Nadal, Federer, McHale each win at Indian Wells


INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) -- There was an upset and several upset stomachs Sunday at the BNP Paribas Open.

American teenager Christina McHale stunned Wimbledon champion and 2011 WTA player of the year Petra Kvitova with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory in the night session at a tournament that has seen several withdrawals because of illness.





"I lost a little bit of my fitness so it was tough moving and having winners," she said. "(McHale) was moving very well so she played a lot of shots back. (And) my serve was not really good, too. She played very solid and she didn't make mistakes so it was tough."


"I couldn't get a read on (Kvitova's) serve in the first set and I wasn't really moving very well, either," McHale said. "Then I just kind of hung in there early in the second. She played one service game where she gave me a couple of loose errors and then I got more comfortable as the match went along."




"It's not a terrible temperature, but there's something going on," Federer said, attributing the illness to contact with his family and not a result of the intestinal virus.



"It's nice to be back playing at the very good level, in my opinion," Nadal said after not facing a break point in the 75-minute match. "Winning is the most important thing. It's not easy to be back after a while without competition but I did, I believe, really well.

"I started the match very focused, very aggressive. Today the only thing I can say, I'm very happy about almost everything."





Li Na of China beat countrywoman Jie Zheng 6-1, 6-3, Julia Goerges of Germany was a 6-3, 6-4 winner over Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain, and Kerber advanced on a walkover when King withdrew.