Defending champion Fritz cruises into last 16; plays Fucsovics next

Defending champion Taylor Fritz cruised into the last 16 of the Indian Wells Masters on Monday by beating Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 30 seed, 6-1, 6-2 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Monday night.

Fritz, ranked No 5, will face Hungarian Marton Fucsovics next.

“I was ready today,” he said. “Knew what to expect. I played pretty solid. Got the job done.”

The American won against Ben Shelton (4-6, 6-4, 6-3) in the previous round. In the previous round, Baez, ranked No 35, won against Australian qualifier Rinky Hijikata (6-3, 6-1).

Indian Wells Masters, other third-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):

• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Jack Draper vs. Andy Murray
• Jannik Sinner vs. Adrian Mannarino: monday
• Alex Molcan vs. Marton Fucsovics: monday
• Stan Wawrinka beat Holger Rune (7): 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5
• Felix Auger-Aliassime (8) beat Francisco Cerundolo (27): 7-5, 6-4
• Tommy Paul (17) beat Hubert Hurkacz (9): 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Alejandro Tabilo (Q) beat Jordan Thompson: 6-3, 7-6 (6)
• Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Ilya Ivashka: 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
• Andrey Rublev (6) beat Ugo Humbert: 7-5, 6-3
• Frances Tiafoe (14) beat Jason Kubler: 6-3, 6-2
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (23) beat Karen Khachanov (13): 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
• Alexander Zverev (12) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 7-5, 1-6, 7-5
• Cameron Norrie (10) beat Taro Daniel (Q): 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-2
• Cristian Garin (Q) beat Casper Ruud (3): 6-4, 7-6 (2)