Fritz sees off in-form Baez to set date with Rune

American Taylor Fritz, the No 12 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Indian Wells Masters by winning against Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 19 seed, 6-2, 6-2 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Monday night.

Heading into their third round clash, Baez had won 10 matches in a row, claiming title in Rio and Santiago over the past fortnight. However, the big serving (10 aces and 88 percent of first serve points won) and strong baseline game (16 winners to 10 unforced errors) of Fritz was enough to snap the Argentinian’s momentum in Indian Wells.

Fritz, ranked No 12, will play Dane Holger Rune, the No 7 seed, next.

The American defeated Chilean Alejandro Tabilo (7-6 (2), 6-2) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of the Indian Wells Tennis Masters, Baez, ranked No 19, beat Italian wildcard Fabio Fognini (7-5, 6-3).

Indian Wells Masters 1000, other third-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 9.495.555, most recent results first):

• Daniil Medvedev vs. Sebastian Korda
• Novak Djokovic vs. Luca Nardi
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Casper Ruud (9) beat Arthur Fils: 6-2, 6-4
• Tommy Paul (17) beat Ugo Humbert (14): 6-4, 6-4
• Gael Monfils beat Cameron Norrie (28): 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Holger Rune beat Lorenzo Musetti (26): 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Ben Shelton (16) beat Francisco Cerundolo (22): 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (5)
• Alexander Zverev (6) beat Tallon Griekspoor (27): 7-6 (7), 6-3
• Jiri Lehecka (32) beat Andrey Rublev (5): 6-4, 6-4
• Jannik Sinner (3) beat Jan-Lennard Struff (25): 6-3, 6-4
• Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (31): 6-2, 6-3
• Alex De Minaur (10) beat Alexander Bublik (20): 7-5, 6-0
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (11) beat Frances Tiafoe (18): 6-3, 6-3
• Fabian Marozsan beat Thiago Seyboth Wild (Q): 6-2, 6-2