Britain’s Cameron Norrie made light work of Luca Nardi to reach the Indian Wells second round.

Norrie, who claimed his biggest career title at Indian Wells in 2021, took just 65 minutes to beat the Italian 6-0 6-3.

Nardi memorably beat Novak Djokovic as a lucky loser at last year’s tournament.

World number 77 Norrie has reached at least the quarter-finals of the hard-court tournament in three of the past four years.

He will face Czech 23rd seed Jiri Lehecka next.

Britain’s Jack Draper has a first-round bye as the 13th seed and could potentially face compatriot and good friend Jacob Fearnley in the second round.

Fearnley begins his campaign against another rising star, 18-year-old Brazilian Joao Fonseca, on Thursday.

Fonseca recently won his first ATP Tour title at the Argentina Open and has been tipped as one of the sport’s future stars.

Elsewhere on the first day, Japan’s Kei Nishikori battled through injury and cramps to beat Spain’s Jaume Munar 6-2 5-7 7-6 (7-3) in just under three hours.

Nishikori, who struggled with a leg problem during the third set, said: “It was not easy. I almost gave up because I was struggling with my body”.