Indian Wells: Novak Djokovic rolled past Milos Raonic 6-2, 6-0 to win the BNP Paribas Open for a record fifth time, while improving to 22-1 in matches this year.

It was the Serb's third consecutive title in the California desert, breaking a tie with four-time champion Roger Federer, who lost to Djokovic the past two years in the final and skipped this year because of a knee injury.

The women's final was equally one-sided. Victoria Azarenka defeated error-prone Serena Williams 6-4, 6-4, returning Azarenka to the world's top 10 for the first time since August 2014.

Djokovic needed an hour, 17 minutes to dispatch Raonic, whose big serve got broken five times. The 25-year-old Canadian served just four aces and had 27 unforced errors. The Serb landed 68 percent of his first serves and was never broken.

Clearly the crowd favorite, Serena gave fans little to cheer about on a hot day while making 33 unforced errors. After getting broken to trail 0-3 in the second set, Serena returned to her seat and smashed her racket. Trailing 5-1, Serena won three straight games and held two break points on Azarenka's serve in the last game. But Serena ended the match with three straight errors.

"Just unexpected nerves maybe. I definitely didn't expect to be on that stage again," said Serena, who was back at Indian Wells after ending her 14-year boycott last year. It was Azarenka's first victory over the top-ranked Serena since the Cincinnati final in August 2013. She will move up seven spots to No. 8 in the WTA Tour rankings.

"I had to go for it," Azarenka said. "She's not a type of player that if you're going to play safe she's going to give it to you or she's going to miss. You really have to go out there and take away because there is nothing coming easy."

The crowd, including Queen Latifah, was eager to support Serena.