ATP Indian Wells: Medvedev advances as Michelsen retires

Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 5 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Indian Wells Masters when Alex Michelsen, the No 31 seed, retired early in the first set on Sunday during their third round clash.

Medvedev, ranked No 6, was leading 2-0 when Michelsen, ranked No 32, pulled out of the match with an apparent bout of food posioning.

The Russian will play American Tommy Paul, the No 10 seed, next.

Medvedev beat Chinese Yunchaokete Bu (6-2, 6-2) in the previous round of the tournament.

In the previous round, the 20-year-old Michelsen won against qualifier Colton Smith (6-3, 6-4).

Indian Wells Masters 1000, other third-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 13,042,410):

• Stefanos Tsitsipas (8) beat Matteo Berrettini (28): 6-3, 6-3
• Tommy Paul beat Cameron Norrie: 6-3, 7-5
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (29): 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Arthur Fils vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Gael Monfils
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Alex De Minaur
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Francisco Cerundolo
• Alejandro Tabilo vs. Taylor Fritz
• Jack Draper vs. Jenson Brooksby
• Karen Khachanov vs. Ben Shelton
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Holger Rune vs. Ugo Humbert
• Marcos Giron vs. Alexei Popyrin

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