Indian Wells: Qualifier Hijikata scores first ATP Masters man draw win, meets Baez next

The Australian qualifier defeated Mikael Ymer 6-4, 7-5 on Thursday

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Australian qualifier Rinky Hijikata reached the second round of the Indian Wells Masters by beating Swede Mikael Ymer 6-4, 7-5 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Thursday.

Hijikata, ranked No 130 in the world, will play No 30 seed Sebastian Baez next.

Indian Wells Masters, other first-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,800,000, most recent results first):

  • Pedro Martinez beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-4
  • Andy Murray beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4
  • Alex Molcan beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-3, 6-2
  • Marton Fucsovics beat J.J. Wolf: 1-6, 6-0, 6-3
  • Ben Shelton beat Fabio Fognini: 6-4, 6-1
  • Thanasi Kokkinakis (Q) beat Brandon Holt (WC): 6-4, 6-1
  • Guido Pella beat Thiago Monteiro: 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
  • Stan Wawrinka beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
  • Jack Draper beat Leandro Riedi (Q): 6-1, 6-1
  • Jan-Lennard Struff (Q) beat Quentin Halys: 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
  • Mackenzie McDonald beat Filip Krajinovic: 6-3, 6-0
  • Tung-lin Wu beat Alexander Bublik: 6-4, 6-4
  • Alejandro Tabilo (Q) beat Maximilian Marterer (Q): 6-4, 6-3
  • Jordan Thompson beat Gael Monfils: 6-3, 6-1
  • Diego Schwartzman beat Federico Coria: 6-1, 6-2
  • Jiri Lehecka beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-6 (4), 7-5
  • Cristian Garin (Q) beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-4, 6-2
  • Yibing Wu (WC) beat Jaume Munar: 6-7 (6), 6-0, 7-6 (3)
  • Taro Daniel (Q) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-1, 7-5
  • Jason Kubler beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
  • Pedro Cachin beat Nikoloz Basilashvili: 7-5, 6-3
  • Emil Ruusuvuori beat Constant Lestienne: 6-4, 4-1 ret.
  • Brandon Nakashima beat John Isner: 7-6 (7), 6-3
  • Marcos Giron beat Aleksandar Kovacevic (WC): 6-3, 7-5
  • Ugo Humbert beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-2, 7-6 (6)
  • Oscar Otte beat Laslo Djere: 6-3, 7-5
  • Ilya Ivashka beat Roman Safiullin: 6-4, 6-2
  • Gregoire Barrere vs. Jack Sock
  • Dominic Thiem vs. Adrian Mannarino
  • Borna Gojo vs. Richard Gasquet
  • Alexei Popyrin vs. Zhizhen Zhang

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