Heather Watson edged into the third round of the BNP Paribas Open with a nervy 7-5 , 7-5 victory over Italy 's Camila Giorgi . Giorgi , who is ranked 10 places above Watson , had won the duo 's only previous tour meeting - at Beijing in 2012 - but Watson exacted her revenge despite facing a superb fightback from her opponent . Watson lost five straight games in the second set as 29th seed Giorgi levelled at 5-5 , before the British No 1 finally clinched victory in an hour and 45 minutes . 'It was a very tough match as I knew it would be , ' Watson said in an on-court interview . 'Camila 's a great player ; she 's just shot up rankings in the last year . Heather Watson celebrates defeating Camila Giorgi to move into the third round in Indian Wells . Watson survived a fightback to edge out her Italian opponent . ' I shot up to 5-0 but she also made quite a few errors . She started to came back . ' I did n't feel like I did too much wrong ; she played too good , hitting winners and aces . I just had to stay tough and keep fighting . ' Watson had scraped her way past Julia Goerges in the last round , and looked set for another tough encounter under the California sun . Both players exchanged two breaks each in the first set - much like Watson 's match against Goerges - but things settled down soon after as they made it 4-4 , with the Briton then holding serve with relative ease . Giorgi saved a set point at 40-15 on her serve but pulled a forehand wide to hand Watson the opening set . Giorgi was clearly off her serving rhythm - she hit 10 double faults in the first set - as she conceded an early break in the second , and Watson made it seven straight games to race into a 5-0 lead . The Italian , who is yet to win a singles title on the WTA tour , kick-started the recovery with a smooth service game , and had Watson running to all corners as a deciding set looked on the cards at 5-5 . However , it was all in vain as Watson held serve to make it 6-5 , and then needed just one of her three match points on the Giorgi serve to seal victory with the Italian firing a backhand long .
butler pulls off a fightback from the Italian to win 7 - 5 , 7 - 5 . Giorgi won five games in a row in the second round to secure a nervy finish . butler faces a tough task against seventh seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the next round .