Draper has only played two tournaments this year - winning three five-setters in a row to reach the Australian Open last 16 before finishing runner-up in Doha - as he has continued to manage a hip injury sustained in the off season.

The performance against Fonseca, whose matches are attracting large numbers of vocal Brazilian fans, was another example of his increasing maturity.

Initially below his best, Draper showed resilience and composure to subdue one of the fastest risers on the ATP Tour.

"I feel I did a really good job and I'm proud of the way I competed, the way I moved and what I did tactically," he said.

The buzz surrounding Fonseca, who became the fourth youngest man to win an ATP Tour title since 2000, led to hundreds arriving early to ensure they bagged a spot on the smaller fourth court at Indian Wells.

Fonseca's biggest weapon is a ferocious forehand and, while he regularly demonstrated his easy power from the baseline, there were also signs of his inexperience.

In moments where the world number 80 perhaps needed a little more subtlety, he continued to hit extremely aggressively and paid the price as Draper broke again in the ninth game.

The Briton continued to counter-punch well and took the opener on his second set point when Fonseca overeagerly pushed another forehand wide.

Saving four of five break points proved key for Draper, while Fonseca's 23 unforced errors outweighing nine winners was another key statistic.

Boosted by the lead, a more confident Draper vastly improved his first-serve percentage, dominated the rallies and moved sharply around the court.

The only blip in the second set was three successive double faults as he served for the match, but he recovered to clinch an impressive victory.

Draper knows a strong run in the Californian desert could push him into the world's top 10 for the first time in his career.

"I have still got a long way to go and build my tennis, fitness and mentality day in, day out," he added.

"I'm getting closer but I'm not a top-10 player until I get there."

British lucky loser Sonay Kartal continued to make the most of her reprieve by earning the biggest win of her career to reach the Indian Wells third round.

Kartal, 23, produced a stunning performance to thrash Brazilian 16th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-2 6-1.

It is the British number three's first win against an opponent in the top 20, with Haddad Maia ranked 17th.

World number 83 Kartal has also reached the last 32 of a WTA 1,000 event - the tier below the Grand Slam tournaments - for the first time.

"Being a lucky loser takes the pressure off and you could say it's a good position to be in," Kartal told BBC Sport.

"It's nice to have this second chance and almost like a free run at it."

Kartal lost in the second qualifying round on her debut in the Californian desert, but was handed a spot in the main draw when former US Open champion Sloane Stephens withdrew through injury.

It is the first time the Englishwoman has been picked out as a lucky loser.

Kartal was placed in a draw among the four highest-ranked players to lose in qualifying following Stephens' withdrawal.

Djokovic was bidding to create more history with a standalone record sixth men's title in Indian Wells.

But, having been given a first-round bye, he fell in his opening match after producing a string of ugly mistakes.

In a performance well below his high standards, Djokovic made 37 unforced errors and only hit 16 winners to mitigate the damage.

"Congratulations to my opponent. It was just a bad day in the office, I guess," said Djokovic, who has not gone beyond the third round in his past four Indian Wells appearances.

It was the former world number one's second successive exit at the hands of a lucky loser, having lost to Italy's Luca Naldi last year.

Djokovic's return of serve - one of the hallmarks of his unparalleled success - was particularly poor against Van de Zandschulp, who swamped the Serb's second serve to convert five of eight break point opportunities.

He recovered from a poor start and looked as if he had settled down by quickly levelling the match.

But more mistakes, which he described as "awful", allowed Van de Zandschulp to take control of the decider.

Even the return of Britain's Andy Murray to his coaching team could not prevent a below-par performance.

The pair, who are planning to head together to the Miami Open which follows Indian Wells, will be hoping Djokovic's problems are not deep-rooted.

Time is clearly catching up with Djokovic, who turns 38 in May, but his performances in Melbourne showed he can still beat most opponents if he is fully fit and motivated.

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This team has a well-developed and debilitating trend of falling asleep in games. They didn't score in the last 33 minutes on Saturday.

A fortnight ago they went an hour without scoring against England, against Ireland they didn't score for 41 minutes and then 26 minutes. Against Italy, they went 33 minutes without a point.

This is repeat behaviour from Scotland. Last season threw up similar numbers and so did the season before.

It didn't cost them this time, but it remains a puzzler as to why this keeps happening. Are they always going to have the propensity for napping during games?

It's why we can admire many of the things this team does, but it's very hard to trust them. We can marvel at their creativity, but elan alone is not cutting it at the sharp end of the championship.

And so to Paris against the mighty French. Scotland at their very, very best are unpredictable enough, and mad enough, to make it a scary day for Fabien Galthie.

Scotland are not a conventional team. They have players that could hurt France. They have a mindset that could cut them open and give them much to think about.

They don't have a hang-up about the French the way they do against the Irish. Psychology won't be a problem.

France will surely win - and maybe very comfortably - because on top of the flair in the backline they have monsters up front. Many, many monsters.

They have eight starters and possibly another seven on the bench. To hell, Fabien, go 8-0 and be done with it. Bring out every brute, from Perpignan to Picardy.

France won a seismic victory in Dublin and will feel invincible now. Scotland won a shaky one in Edinburgh and Lord only knows how they'll be feeling.

They won, though. That's kinda the point. But does it always have to be so dramatic?

Dupont was attempting to steal the ball in the 28th minute and was challenged by Beirne, who then fell on to the scrum-half's right leg as Irish prop Andrew Porter joined the ruck.

"We named the players [who made contact with Dupont], Tadhg Beirne and Andrew Porter, who should appear before the disciplinary commission," Galthie added.

"We want explanations, so we've named two players. We have to protect our players. There are means, there are rules. There is some kind of anger."

Ireland interim head coach Simon Easterby said the injury to Dupont, who was replaced by Maxime Lucu, came after a "rugby incident".

"Tadhg [Beirne] cleans out someone in front of Antoine Dupont and he gets hit on the back of it. It happens, unfortunately," said Easterby.

"We have moved away and players have a real awareness now of clearing out on the lower limb of the player, which can create that type of injury that might have happened today, but that wasn't the case.

"He was securing his own ball and not making contact on Dupont. Unfortunately that happens. The guy that Tadhg hit was hit on to Dupont. It's just one of those things unfortunately. It happens in the game."

Championship leaders France play Scotland in Paris next weekend in what is the concluding game of the tournament, while Ireland will look to bounce back against Italy in Rome.

Although Ireland only gave away six penalties, there were plenty more occasions when France were able to play with greater freedom thanks to a penalty advantage.

If that was one way in which the visitors were able to get on such a roll, Ireland's interim head coach Simon Easterby felt their dominance in the collisions was another.

"They're as good as anyone when they get behind you and they get on the front foot," he said after his first defeat filling in for Andy Farrell.

"It's probably down a large part to the collisions that we weren't able to put in place ourselves, but also credit to the way that they play the game as well."

Across the past four seasons, these sides have now won two head to heads each, both having done so once away from home.

Barring a French stumble next weekend, it will likely be a pair of titles apiece too.

Yet, rarely, across the period has one team felt so superior to the other, even for only half an hour.

Ireland will surely point to areas where they could be and normally are better.

For the second game in succession they played 20 minutes a man down with Joe McCarthy's first-half yellow card feeling particularly avoidable.

They lacked any clinical edge during their own period of ascendancy too.

Given France's final try came off a Damian Penaud intercept from within the shadow of his own posts, it is fair to say that France scored the same seven points as Ireland did from the latter's visits to the opposition 22 across the first 75 minutes of the game.