Indian Wells Masters: Baez makes third round, meets defending champ Fritz next
The Argentine defeated Rinky Hijikata 6-3, 6-1 on Saturday
Sebastian Baez plays against Alexander Zverev at Roland-Garros in 2022 / Zuma / Panoramic
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
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