Indian Wells Masters: Zverev books spot in third round, meets Ruusuvuori next
The German defeated Pedro Cachin 6-3, 6-1 on Friday
Alexander Zverev competes in Dubai 2023 © Imago / panoramic
German Alexander Zverev, the No 12 seed, advanced to the third round of the Indian Wells Masters by winning against Argentinian Pedro Cachin 6-3, 6-1 on Friday.
Zverev, ranked No 14, will play Finn Emil Ruusuvuori next.
Cachin, ranked No 66, defeated Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili (7-5, 6-3) 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):
- 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
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Alexei Popyrin
- Rinky Hijikata vs. Sebastian Baez
- Taylor Fritz vs. Ben Shelton
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Jack Sock
- Guido Pella vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Marton Fucsovics vs. Alex De Minaur
- Borna Coric vs. Alex Molcan
- Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Tommy Paul
- Andy Murray vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
- Jannik Sinner vs. Richard Gasquet
- Pedro Martinez vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Daniel Evans vs. Jack Draper
- Andrey Rublev vs. Jiri Lehecka
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Marcos Giron
- Karen Khachanov vs. Oscar Otte
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Taro Daniel
- Ugo Humbert vs. Denis Shapovalov
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