Indian Wells Masters: Mpetshi Perricard moves into third round

Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, the No 29 seed, advanced to the third round of the Indian Wells Masters when Hungarian Fabian Marozsan retired on Friday evening at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

Mpetshi Perricard, ranked No 30, led 6-4 when Marozsan, ranked No 54, pulled out at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Friday evening, seemingly with an ankle injury.

The 21-year-old Frenchman will play the winner of the match between German Alexander Zverev, the top seed, and Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor next.

The Hungarian won against Spaniard Pedro Martinez Portero (6-3, 6-2) in the previous round of the Indian Wells Tennis Masters.

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

• Damir Dzumhur vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Tomas Machac vs. Yosuke Watanuki
• Yunchaokete Bu vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Arthur Fils vs. Gabriel Diallo
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Adam Walton
• Gael Monfils vs. Sebastian Korda
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Nuno Borges
• David Goffin vs. Alex De Minaur
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Hugo Gaston
• Mackenzie McDonald vs. Francisco Cerundolo
• Novak Djokovic vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Matteo Gigante vs. Taylor Fritz
• Alejandro Tabilo vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Jenson Brooksby vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Jack Draper vs. Joao Fonseca
• Karen Khachanov vs. Jakub Mensik
• Rinky Hijikata vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Andrey Rublev vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Roman Safiullin vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Holger Rune vs. Corentin Moutet
• Alex Michelsen vs. Colton Smith
• Zizou Bergs vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Casper Ruud vs. Marcos Giron
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Cameron Norrie vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Tommy Paul vs. Tristan Boyer: friday
• Kei Nishikori vs. Ugo Humbert: friday
• Alexander Zverev vs. Tallon Griekspoor: friday