Indian Wells Masters: Baez makes third round, meets defending champ Fritz next

Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 30 seed, advanced to the third round of the Indian Wells Masters by winning against Australian qualifier Rinky Hijikata 6-3, 6-1 on Saturday.

Baez, ranked No 35 in the world, will face No 4 seed and defending champion Taylor Fritz next.

Hijikata, ranked No 130, beat Swede Mikael Ymer (6-4, 7-5) in the previous round of the Indian Wells Tennis Masters.

Indian Wells Masters, other second-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,800,000):

• Hubert Hurkacz (9) beat Alexei Popyrin (LL): 6-3, 6-3
• Adrian Mannarino beat Lorenzo Musetti (19): 6-4, 6-4
• Taylor Fritz beat Ben Shelton: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Tallon Griekspoor (31) beat Guido Pella: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4)
• Francisco Cerundolo (27) beat Jack Sock (WC): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Andy Murray beat Radu Albot (LL): 6-4, 6-3
• Marton Fucsovics beat Alex De Minaur (16): 6-4, 6-2
• Tommy Paul (17) beat Jan-Lennard Struff (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Alex Molcan beat Borna Coric (18): 6-3, 6-3
• Stan Wawrinka beat Miomir Kecmanovic (26): 7-6 (8), 6-4
• Jannik Sinner (11) beat Richard Gasquet: 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Felix Auger-Aliassime (8) beat Pedro Martinez: 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Jack Draper beat Daniel Evans (24): 6-4, 6-2
• Andrey Rublev (6) beat Jiri Lehecka: 6-4, 6-2
• Frances Tiafoe (14) beat Marcos Giron: 6-2, 6-2
• Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-4, 6-3
• Karen Khachanov (13) beat Oscar Otte: 6-3, 6-3
• Taro Daniel (Q) beat Matteo Berrettini (20): 7-6 (5), 0-6, 6-3
• Ugo Humbert beat Denis Shapovalov (25): 7-5, 6-4
• Alexander Zverev (12) beat Pedro Cachin: 6-3, 6-1
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (23) beat Yibing Wu (WC): 6-4, 6-1
• Alejandro Tabilo (Q) beat Maxime Cressy (32): 7-6 (3), 7-6 (13)
• Jason Kubler beat Grigor Dimitrov (21): 2-6, 7-6 (5), 3-0 ret.
• Jordan Thompson beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (2): 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 (5)
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Roberto Bautista Agut (22): 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Casper Ruud (3) beat Diego Schwartzman: 6-2, 6-3
• Ilya Ivashka beat Botic van de Zandschulp (28): 7-5, 3-2 ret.
• Cameron Norrie (10) beat Tung-lin Wu: 6-2, 6-4
• Cristian Garin (Q) beat Yoshihito Nishioka (29): 6-4, 6-0
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Mackenzie McDonald vs. Holger Rune