Shelton wins battle of the young stars in Indian Wells
Ben Shelton edged out Jakub Mensik 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Friday night. He’ll play Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 22 seed, in the next round
Ben Shelton (Photosport/Panoramic)
American Ben Shelton, the No 16 seed, advanced to the third round of the Indian Wells Masters by edging out wildcard Jakub Mensik 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Friday night.
Shelton, ranked No 16, will face Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 22 seed, next.
Mensik, ranked No 81, defeated qualifier Seong-Chan Hong (6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Indian Wells Tennis Masters.
Indian Wells Masters 1000, other second-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 9.495.555, most recent results first):
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Gael Monfils vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Casper Ruud vs. Lukas Klein
- Tommy Paul vs. Alex Michelsen
- Novak Djokovic vs. Aleksandar Vukic
- Fabio Fognini vs. Sebastian Baez
- Roman Safiullin vs. Sebastian Korda
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Denis Shapovalov
- Taylor Fritz vs. Alejandro Tabilo
- Alexandre Muller vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Arthur Fils vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Luca Nardi
- Milos Raonic vs. Holger Rune
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Tomas Machac
- Cameron Norrie vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Patrick Kypson vs. Ugo Humbert
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Dusan Lajovic
- Karen Khachanov vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Borna Coric
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Alexander Bublik vs. Juncheng Shang
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Jiri Lehecka: saturday
- Yannick Hanfmann vs. Tallon Griekspoor: saturday
- Fabian Marozsan beat Nicolas Jarry (24): 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (11) beat Lucas Pouille (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Andrey Rublev (5) beat Andy Murray: 7-6 (3), 6-1
- Alexander Zverev (6) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-4, 6-4
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (31) beat Constant Lestienne (Q): 6-4, 6-1
- Alex De Minaur (10) beat Taro Daniel: 6-1, 6-2
- Jannik Sinner (3) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 6-3, 6-0
- Francisco Cerundolo beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-2, 3-1 ret.
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