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Nadal, the reigning titlist and third seed, eased past German Rainer Schuettler, 6-4, 6-4, to move into the third round. Meanwhile, Djokovic topped American Mardy Fish 6-1, 0-6, 6-2. The second-seeded Serbian needed a little under two hours to record the win.
Additionally, fifth-seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko was a 6-4, 6-4 winner over Ernests Gulbis.
Blake cruised past Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-3, 6-2 in a mere 55 minutes on the hardcourts at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. The struggling 30-year- old Blake improved to a pedestrian 6-5 this season.
Nalbandian, who reached as high as third in the world rankings, topped qualifier Stefan Koubek 6-2, 7-6 (7-2) in nearly one hour, 15 minutes. He reached the quarterfinals at Copa Telmex earlier this year before pulling out with an injury.
Additional opening-round wins came for Spaniard Nicolas Almagro, Israeli Dudi Sela, German Simon Greul, Taipei's Yen-Hsun Lu and Aussie Marinko Matosevic. Sela dismissed American Jesse Levine 6-2, 6-2, while Greul drove out Frenchman Richard Gasquet 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (9-7).
Fish, the runner-up here in 2008, rallied from a set down to post a 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 victory over German Michael Berrer, while Moya dismissed American Tim Smyczek 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-5) on the hardcourts at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
The former world No. 1 Moya reached the final here in 1999.
Marco Chiudinelli vs. Ernests Gulbis Pablo Cuevas vs. Frederico Gil Alejandro Falla vs. Florent Serra Ramon Delgado vs. Andreas Beck Bjorn Phau vs. Kevin Anderson Potito Starace vs. Jeremy Chardy Bobby Reynolds vs. Mario Ancic Thiago Alves vs. Rainer Schuettler Guillermo Garcia-Lopez vs. Lukas Lacko Carlos Moya vs. Tim Smyczek Olivier Rochus vs. Fabio Fognini Rajeev Ram vs. Daniel Koellerer Leonardo Mayer vs. Brian Dabul Taylor Dent vs. Ryan Harrison Christophe Rochus vs. Philipp Petzschner Michael Berrer vs. Mardy Fish
ce at 2:00 PM ET.
The former Australian Open runner-up Gonzalez handled Sela 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 in just over two hours on the red clay in Coquimbo on Day 3 here.
On Sunday, doubles specialists Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram kept the Israelis alive, at 1-2, with a 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (11-9), 2-6, 6-1, 6-0 victory over a Chilean tandem of Jorge Aguilar and Paul Capdeville.
Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) leads Dudi Sela (ISR), 2-0 Nicolas Massu (CHI) vs. Harel Levy (ISR)
-of-five tie 2-1.
Erlich and Ram fought back for a 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (11-9), 2-6, 6-1, 6-0 victory over a Chilean tandem of Jorge Aguilar and Paul Capdeville.
Monday's reverse singles will decide the winner here, as Chilean Fernando Gonzalez will take on Dudi Sela in the first match and Nicolas Massu is scheduled to face Harel Levy in a possible deciding rubber.
In a pair of dead rubbers on Sunday, Steve Darcis got Belgium on the scoreboard with a 7-6 (8-6), 1-6, 6-4 victory over Jan Hajek, and Lukas Dlouhy capped the tie for the Czechs by overcoming Christophe Rochus 1-6, 7-6 (7-3), 7-5.
The Czechs will meet the Chile-Israel victor in the quarterfinals in July.
The former Wimbledon runner-up Nalbandian captured the fifth and deciding rubber by handling Vinciguerra in 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 fashion at Kungliga Tennis Hall. Nalbandian, who prevailed in 2 hours, 35 minutes on Day 3, replaced Eduardo Schwank for the final rubber, while Vinciguerra moved in for Joachim Johansson.
This marks only Nalbandian's second event this year after returning to action following hip surgery last year.
Novak Djokovic (SRB) def. John Isner (USA), 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (6-8), 6-4 Sam Querrey (USA) def. Viktor Troicki (SRB), 7-5, 6-2
-five affair 3-2.
In a pair of dead rubbers on Day 3, Antonio Veic vaulted past Julio-Cesar Campozano 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) and Ivan Dodig drubbed Ivan Endara 6-1, 6-3.
The Croats will face Serbia or the United States in the quarterfinals in July.
France should have its hands full with two-time defending champion Spain in July's quarterfinals.
On Sunday, German Simon Greul bested flashy Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4-6, 6-2, 1-0, retired, and Julien Benneteau handled German Benjamin Becker 6-2, 7-5.
Youzhny dismantled Devvarman in 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 fashion in 1 hour, 55 minutes at Small Sports Arena.
The gritty Russian piled up six service breaks while holding his serve all 12 times on Day 3.
Antonio Veic leads Julio-Cesar Campozano, 6-4, 5-4 Ivo Karlovic vs. Giovanni Lapentti
rfinals in July.
Simon Greul def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 4-6, 6-2, 1-0, retired Julien Benneteau leads Benjamin Becker, 6-2, 1-3
-of-five tie 3-1.
F.Gonzalez/N.Massu (CHI) vs. J.Erlich/A.Ram (ISR), noon et
-of-five tie 2-0.
Steve Darcis leads Jan Hajek, 7-6 (8-6) Christophe Rochus vs. Lukas Dlouhy
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Robin Soderling leads Leonardo Mayer, 7-5, 4-4 Joachim Johansson vs. Eduardo Schwank
Mikhail Youzhny leads Somdev Devvarman, 6-2, 5-1 Rohan Bopanna vs. Igor Andreev
Stanislas Wawrinka leads David Ferrer, 1-0 Nicolas Almagro vs. Marco Chiudinelli
Massu got the Chileans going with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 victory over Dudi Sela, and Gonzalez doubled the hosts' advantage by overcoming Harel Levy 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on the red clay in Coquimbo.
This week's matchup started a day late -- Saturday instead of Friday -- because of the tragic earthquake and tsunami that struck Chile last week, killing about 800 people.
Nalbandian and Zeballos doused a Swedish duo of Robin Soderling and Robert Lindstedt 6-2, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-5) at Kungliga Tennis Hall.
In Friday's opening singles here, the French Open runner-up Soderling handled Eduardo Schwank 6-1, 7-6 (7-0), 7-5 before Leonardo Mayer pulled Argentina even with a 5-7, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 victory over 6-foot-6 Swedish slugger Joachim Johansson.
Bryan played without his twin brother Mike on Day 2, as the towering Isner, making his Davis Cup doubles debut, was a late substitute and got his first- ever Davis Cup win in a surprising 7-6 (10-8), 5-7, 7-6 (10-8), 6-3 decision against Tipsarevic and Zimonjic, the top-ranked doubles player in the world, on the red clay at Belgrade Arena. The U.S. prevailed in 3 hours, 6 minutes.
This marked Bob Bryan's first-ever Davis Cup doubles rubber without his brother Mike at his side.
Berdych and Stepanek, who both won singles matches here on Friday to give the Czechs a commanding 2-0 advantage, blew past a Belgian tandem of Steve Darcis and Olivier Rochus 7-6 (7-0), 6-0, 6-3 in 1 hour, 56 minutes on an indoor hardcourt at Bree's Expodroom on Day 2. The Czechs originally had Lukas Dlouhy and Jan Hajek scheduled to play the doubles.
On Friday, Berdych blitzed Rochus 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 and Stepanek handled Xavier Malisse 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), as the Czechs have swept the first nine sets here.
