Swiss maestro Roger Federer proved too strong for Argentine Diego Schwartzman.

Roger Federer wasted little time easing into the third round of the BNP Paribas Open but his fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka became the first big name to be sent packing at the elite men’s event.

World number two Federer launched his bid for a record fifth title at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden with a clinical 6-4 6-2 victory over Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman which lasted a little over an hour.

Seventh-seeded Wawrinka, however, was knocked out of the ATP Masters 1000 event, losing 6-3 3-6 6-3 to Dutchman Robin Haase.

Spanish left-hander Rafa Nadal, a three-times champion at Indian Wells, also advanced in comfortable fashion as he demolished Dutchman Igor Sijsling 6-4 6-2 in a match lasting just 72 minutes.

Federer treated the stadium court crowd to his familiar array of blistering forehands, clean-hit backhands, power serving and delicate drop shots as he broke Schwartzman once in the opening set and twice in the second.

“I think I did very well,” Federer said courtside after ending the match with a crunching forehand winner down the line.

“It was a bit breezy and you had to be careful at times but it’s good to get a first win.

“It was important to get off to a good start. I just tried to stay focused and stay aggressive on returns, although that’s not always easy.”

Federer, who is competing at Indian Wells for a 15th time, will next face Italy’s Andreas Seppi, who stunned him with a four-set defeat in the third round of the Australian Open in January.

Wawrinka, who clinched his first grand slam singles title at last year’s Australian Open, was broken twice by Haase in the opening set and also in the third to be ousted after one hour and 48 minutes.

Haase, who had been beaten by the Swiss in all six of their previous meetings, will next play Czech Lukas Rosol, who battled past Slovakian Martin Klizan 4-6 6-0 6-3.

In other matches, 11th-seeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov scraped past rising Australian Nick Kyrgios 7-6 3-6 7-6, taking the climactic third-set tiebreaker 7-4, and sixth seed Milos Raonic eased past Simone Bolelli 6-3 6-4.

Easy for Serena

In the women’s tournament, top seed Serena Williams made short work of Kazakhstan’s Zarina Diyas in the third round, obliterating her opponent 6-2 6-0 in 53 minutes.

Playing her second match at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden after deciding to end a 14-year boycott of the event where she had suffered alleged racist abuse, Williams broke an error-prone Diyas three times in each set to cruise into the last 16.

Williams, who claimed her 19th grand slam singles crown at the Australian Open final in January, will next face fellow American Sloane Stephens, who scraped past Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-61-6 6-4.

Britain’s Heather Watson claimed her first victory over a top-10 ranked player with a 6-4 6-4 upset of world number eight Agnieszka Radwanska, while third-seeded Romanian Simona Halep battled past American Varvara Lepchenko 6-1 3-6 6-1.