Indian Wells: Musetti edges Shapovalov for spot in third round
Lorenzo Musetti edged out Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 on Saturday night and will face Dane Holger Rune, the No 7 seed, in the next round
Lorenzo Musetti
Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 26 seed, reached the third round of the Indian Wells Masters by edging out Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Saturday night.
Musetti, ranked No 26, will play Dane Holger Rune, the No 7 seed, next.
Shapovalov, ranked No 131, won against Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp (6-1, 6-4) in the previous round of the Indian Wells Tennis Masters.
Indian Wells Masters 1000, other second-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 9.495.555, most recent results first):
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Gael Monfils vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Casper Ruud vs. Lukas Klein
- Tommy Paul vs. Alex Michelsen
- Sebastian Korda (29) beat Roman Safiullin: 6-4, 6-2
- Novak Djokovic vs. Aleksandar Vukic: saturday
- Sebastian Baez (19) beat Fabio Fognini (WC): 7-5, 6-3
- Taylor Fritz (12) beat Alejandro Tabilo: 7-6 (2), 6-2
- Grigor Dimitrov (13) beat Alexandre Muller: 7-5, 6-2
- Arthur Fils beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (23): 6-3, 6-4
- Luca Nardi (LL) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
- Adrian Mannarino (21) beat Tomas Machac: 6-1, 6-2
- Cameron Norrie (28) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 6-4
- Ugo Humbert (14) beat Patrick Kypson (WC): 6-4, 6-4
- Milos Raonic vs. Holger Rune
- Frances Tiafoe (18) beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-3, 6-3
- Thiago Seyboth Wild (Q) beat Karen Khachanov (15): 6-1, 7-5
- Jan-Lennard Struff (25) beat Borna Coric: 6-7 (3), 6-2, 7-6 (9)
- Alexander Bublik (20) beat Juncheng Shang (Q): 6-4, 6-1
- Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-1
- Jiri Lehecka (32) beat Brandon Nakashima (WC): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Tallon Griekspoor (27) beat Yannick Hanfmann: 6-3, 6-3
- Ben Shelton (16) beat Jakub Mensik (WC): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Fabian Marozsan beat Nicolas Jarry (24): 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (11) beat Lucas Pouille (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Andrey Rublev (5) beat Andy Murray: 7-6 (3), 6-1
- Alexander Zverev (6) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-4, 6-4
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (31) beat Constant Lestienne (Q): 6-4, 6-1
- Alex De Minaur (10) beat Taro Daniel: 6-1, 6-2
- Jannik Sinner (3) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 6-3, 6-0
- Francisco Cerundolo (22) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-2, 3-1 ret.
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