Indian Wells Masters: Diallo saves two match points to edge out Zhang

Canadian lucky loser Gabriel Diallo edged out Chinese Zhizhen Zhang 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7) to advance to the second round of the Indian Wells Masters at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Thursday night.

Diallo, ranked No 88, will play No 20 seed Arthur Fils next.

Indian Wells Masters 1000, other first-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 13.042.410, most recent results first):

• Mariano Navone vs. Learner Tien
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Nick Kyrgios
• Quentin Halys vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
• Giulio Zeppieri vs. Adam Walton
• Li Tu vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Nuno Borges
• David Goffin vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Luciano Darderi vs. Hugo Gaston
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Gael Monfils
• Matteo Gigante vs. Sebastian Baez: thursday
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic: thursday
• Mackenzie McDonald vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: thursday
• Jakub Mensik beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Jenson Brooksby beat Benjamin Bonzi: 1-6, 7-5, 7-5
• Joao Fonseca (WC) beat Jacob Fearnley: 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
• Rinky Hijikata beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-1, 6-3
• Yosuke Watanuki (Q) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Cameron Norrie beat Luca Nardi: 6-0, 6-3
• Corentin Moutet beat Jordan Thompson: 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
• Zizou Bergs beat Ethan Quinn (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Marcos Giron beat Nikoloz Basilashvili (Q): 7-5, 7-6 (3)
• Roman Safiullin beat Reilly Opelka (WC): 7-5, 6-4
• Damir Dzumhur (Q) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (4)
• Colton Smith (Q) beat Flavio Cobolli: 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Fabian Marozsan beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-3, 6-2
• Yunchaokete Bu beat Nishesh Basavareddy (WC): 7-5, 6-4
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3
• Christopher O’Connell beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-3, 0-6, 6-1
• Tristan Boyer (WC) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• Thiago Seyboth Wild beat Alexandre Muller: 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (6)
• Kei Nishikori beat Jaume Munar: 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (3)