BNP Paribas Masters 2015: Wednesday Tennis Scores, Results, Updated Schedule

Andy Murray blazed a trail past Borna Coric on Wednesday, beating the Croat in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2 to set up a third-round fixture opposite David Goffin at the BNP Paribas Masters 2015.

It took the tournament's second seed less than an hour to dismiss Coric and organise the first of two upcoming meetings with Goffin, as tennis writer Chris Goldsmith attested:

Rafael Nadal opened his Paris Masters campaign with a routine victory of his own over Lukas Rosol, defeating the Czech, 6-2, 6-2 three-and-a-half years after falling to the same opponent at Wimbledon 2012.

World No. 2 Roger Federer was even more convincing as he thumped Andreas Seppi, 6-1, 6-1 in the French capital, where Tennis World's Andrew Burton detailed just how one-sided the matchup proved to be:

Marin Cilic was an early seeded casualty on Wednesday after falling to Grigor Dimitrov, but Tomas Berdych, Kei Nishikori, Richard Gasquet and John Isner all succeeded in advancing to the third stage.

Viktor Troicki fought from a set down to defeat Feliciano Lopez with an audacious comeback before Jo-Wilfried Tsonga swatted Roberto Bautista-Agut to one side in his tournament opener.

Read on for a breakdown of Wednesday's results as the tension begins to mount in Paris—and the level of competition rises with it.

Round	Result	Score
Round 2	David Goffin bt. Dusan Lajovic	6-2, 6-2
Round 2	Kei Nishikori bt. Jeremy Chardy	7-6(4), 6-7(6), 6-1
Round 2	Gregor Dimitorv bt. Marin Cilic	7-6(3), 7-6(2)
Round 2	Richard Gasquet bt. Leonardo Mayer	6-2, 7-5
Round 2	John Isner bt. Aljaz Bedene	6-3, 7-6(3)
Round 2	Andy Murray bt. Borna Coric	6-1, 6-2
Round 2	Tomas Berdych bt. Edouard Roger-Vasselin	6-3, 4-6, 7-5
Round 2	Rafael Nadal bt. Lukas Rosol	6-2, 6-2
Round 2	Roger Federer bt. Andreas Seppi	6-1, 6-1
Round 2	Viktor Troicki bt. Feliciano Lopez	6-7(7), 7-5, 6-4
Round 2	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Roberto Bautista-Agut	6-2, 6-2
Round 2	Kevin Anderson bt. Dominic Thiem	6-7(3), 7-6(4), 7-6

Recap

Fifty-eight minutes was all it took for world No. 3 Murray to dust off the challenge of Coric on Wednesday, where he not only conceded just three games but also lost only six points on his own serve.

But his dominance wasn't limited to just that, and Tennis TV illustrated exactly how imperious the Briton was en route to his gleaming first-set victory:

According to the official ATP World Tour website, Coric won a mere six return points all afternoon and was found way out of his depth against an opponent who looks sure to be a candidate for the top prize in Paris.

Interestingly, Nadal committed the same amount of double-faults as Rosol (one), mustered just as many aces (four) and had an inferior first-serve win percentage, but French tennis writer Carole Bouchard noted that the conditions played in the Spaniard's favour:

In the end, it was the little differences that ended Rosol's hopes, surrendering four breaks split evenly across the two sets and managing to save four of the eight break points he faced, but it counted for naught.

If Murray's sprint finish against Coric was deemed fast, Federer had to go one better by defeating Seppi, 6-1, 6-1 in a lightning-quick time of 47 minutes, a figure commentator Ricky Dimon couldn't help but marvel at:

Federer is seeking a second Paris Masters title this year and started by losing just a single point on serve in the first set and, despite slightly easing off the gas, was nonchalant as he went about sealing the beatdown.

Goffin was similarly unshaken on Wednesday and claimed a 6-2, 6-2 win over Lajovic, matching Murray's stellar time of 58 minutes to defeat the Serb, despite playing one game more.

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Lajovic's tally of four double-faults came to have a telling effect on his challenge for an upset, and Goffin's own confident display sent a message to Murray that he's ready to compete for an underdog victory of his own.

Speaking of underdog crusades, Edouard Roger-Vasselin almost pulled off a mighty one of his own against fifth-seed Berdych. Tennis View's Nick Nemeroff noted how close the Frenchman was to turning over his Czech opponent over three sets:

Six of Roger-Vasselin's nine match aces came in the third and final set, but it was insufficient, as Berdych emerged a 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 victor, although he'll certainly savour what a close scrape Wednesday's result was.

Tsonga earned some small revenge for his French compatriot thanks to a 6-2, 6-2 throttling of Bautista-Agut in one of the evening fixtures. Goldsmith acknowledged Wednesday's slate as being a hugely beneficial one for the bigger names of the competition:

However, one of Wednesday's hottest encounters was the three-set thriller between Nishikori and Jeremy Chardy, which ended at 7-6, 6-7, 6-1 in the former's favour, despite the Frenchman notching no fewer than 17 aces.

The latter did tremendously to top the second-set tiebreak and force a decider, but as Live Tennis noted, that was the last of what he had to offer:

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Chardy runs out of gas, #Nishikori cracks a clean return winner to triumph 7-6(4), 6-7(6), 6-1. Gasquet/Mayer next. pic.twitter.com/Xalpp9h9H8

— Live Tennis (@livetennis) November 4, 2015"

Superior stamina saw Nishikori stampede to a 6-1 victory in the third set and clinch a third-round berth, where he'll meet Gasquet, who defeated Leonardo Mayer, 6-2, 7-5 in what was a tough tie of his own at times.

But the best match of the second-round schedule saw Troicki hit back from a set and a break point down to defeat Lopez 6-7, 7-5, 6-4, where the Spaniard's unforced error count stood out as the reason for his downfall:

Committing nearly twice as many mistakes as his Serbian opponent, he fought from 4-0 down in the second set and showed staggering resolve not to give up hope. His reward is a third-round tie with No. 4 seed Stanislas Wawrinka.

Murray will be the only Briton in the next round of the tournament after Aljaz Bedene fell to Isner, 6-3, 7-6, as the American soared on the back of a triumphant 21-ace tally, compared to his opponent's four.

That alone was enough to seal his win, and the same could be said for Bulgaria's Dimitrov, who doubled Cilic's ace count 14-7 en route to his 7-6, 7-6 upset.

A tremendous battle unfolded between the two, where the only break points were observed in tiebreakers, and Dimitrov's reward is another testing clash, this time with No. 8 seed David Ferrer. 

The day's action concluded with another favorite advancing—barely. Eleventh-seeded Kevin Anderson needed to rally in order to defeat Dominic Thiem in three sets, but he did just that after the Austrian youngster seized control with a first set victory. 

And while the comeback was encouraging, Anderson needs to string together a few wins to emerge as a legitimate contender.  

After bouncing Murray in the fourth round of the U.S. Open, Anderson has fallen off a bit. The South African hasn't advanced past the quarterfinals in each of his last five tournaments, and he may struggle to do so in Paris with Nadal up next.