ANDY Murray missed out on a doubles meeting with brother Jamie after he and Dan Evans were knocked out in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open.

World number one Andy Murray and Evans, who both also exited the singles tournament in round two, were beaten 6-4 6-3 by Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau.

The pair had been on course to meet Jamie Murray, now the only British player left at Indian Wells, and Bruno Soares in the quarter-finals.

In the singles, Stan Wawrinka is feeling positive after easing his way through to the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.

The third seed needed just an hour and 18 minutes to get past Phillip Kohlschreiber 7-5 6-3 and will now face Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka in the last 16.

The Swiss' half of the draw is wide open after the shock early exit of world number one Andy Murray and he will be eyeing just a second Masters 1000 title at the end of the week.

Wawrinka said in his post-match press conference: "It was a really good match. I'm very happy. I was serving well. I think I'm moving better and better, and it's all positive so far."

It looked as if Tomas Berdych was going to be Wawrinka's next opponent, but the Czech player suffered a shocking capitulation against Nishioka.

Berdych was leading 6-1 5-2 and had a match point before disintegrating to a 1-6 7-6 (7/5) 6-4 loss to the lucky loser.

Eighth seed Dominic Thiem dropped just five games in a 6-1 6-4 success over Mischa Zverev while David Goffin defeated Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-6 (7/3) 6-4.

Murray's second-round conqueror Vasek Pospisil returned to earth with a bump as he was beaten 6-7 (7/4) 6-3 7-5 by Dusan Lajovic.

Pablo Cuevas beat Fabio Fognini 6-1 6-4 and Gael Monfils got the better of John Isner 6-2 6-4 in an entertaining clash.

Meanwhile, Angelique Kerber never stopped believing despite being just two games away from defeat at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.

The German, who will go back to world number one at the end of the tournament owing to Serena Williams' absence, battled hard to beat Frenchwoman Pauline Parmentier 7-5 3-6 7-5.

She was staring down the barrel, though, trailing 4-1 in the deciding set, before winning six of the next seven games to book her place in the fourth round.

Kerber said in her post-match press conference: "When you are in a match like this, you are not thinking about pressure.

"I was thinking to play point-by-point and trying to win the match, when I was 4-1 down in the third set, still believe that I can change the match."

Kerber will come up against Elena Vesnina in the next round following the Russian's 6-4 1-6 6-4 win over Timea Babos.

Fourth seed Simona Halep - on the comeback trail from injury - was ousted by France's Kristina Mladenovic 6-3 6-3, Venus Williams eased past Lucie Safarova 6-4 6-2 while Lauren Davis beat Julia Goerges 6-1 6-4.

Sixth seed Agnieszka Radwanska was dumped out by China's Shuai Peng.

Peng, who has recently returned from a back operation, got the better of the Pole 6-4 6-4.

Another player who has gone under the knife recently, Madison Keys, showed no signs of rustiness as she blitzed Naomi Osaka 6-1 6-4 while Caroline Wozniack had too much for Katerina Siniakova in a 6-3 6-1 win.