Indian Wells 2023 Round 2 Recap

The spherical of sixty-four on the BNP Paribas Open is full, and whereas it was plain crusing for many of the high ten, a number of of the decrease seeds crashed out.

High seed Carlos Alcaraz made a formidable begin with a routine win over Thanasi Kokkinaksi, and the in-form Daniil Medvedev comfortably defeated Brandon Nakashima.

Taylor Fritz additionally saved his title defence alive, coming from a set right down to beat compatriot Ben Shelton.

However the shock loser of the spherical was Stefanos Tsitispas, who crashed out to Jordan Thompson.

Tsitsipas downplayed his probabilities pre-tournament as he recovers from a shoulder downside (a difficulty that’s seemingly triggered him to alter his string setup once more),  and he was appropriate to take action, falling in a 3rd set tie break to Jordan Thompson, who recorded the largest win of his profession.

Twelve different seeds additionally fell with Alex de Minaur, Lorenzo Musetti, Matteo Berrettini, Grigor Dimitrov, Roberto Bautista Agut, Dan Evans, Denis Shapovalov, Miomir Kecmanovic, Botic van de Zandschulp and Maxime Cressy all on there a approach to the airport to catch a flight to Miami.

You may see the complete outcomes from spherical 2 beneath:

Spherical of 64 Indians Wells 2023 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Carlos Alcaraz (1)
Thanasi Kokkinakis (Q)
6-3, 6-3,

Jordan Thompson
Stefanos Tsitsipas (2)
7-6(0), 4-6, 7-6(5)

Casper Ruud (3)
Diego Schwartzman
6-2, 6-3

Taylor Fritz (4)
Ben Shelton
4-6, 6-4, 6-3

Daniil Medvedev (5
Brandon Nakashima
6-4, 6-3

Andrey Rublev (6)
Jiri Lehecka
6-4, 6-2

Holger Rune(7)
Mackenzie McDonald
7-5, 6-3

Felix Auger-Aliassime (8)
Pedro Martinez
7-6(5), 6-4

Hubert Hurkacz (9)
Alexei Popyrin (LL)
6-3, 6-3

Cameron Norrie (10)
Tung-Lin Wu (Q)
6-2, 6-4

Jannik Sinner (11)
Richard Gasquet
6-3, 7-6(2)

Alexander Zverev (12)
Pedro Cachin
6-3, 6-1

Karen Khachanov (13)
Oscar Otte
6-3, 6-3

Frances Tiafoe (14)
Marcos Giron
6-2, 6-2

Marton Fucsovics
Alex de Minaur (16)
6-4, 6-2

Tommy Paul (17)
Jan-Lennard Struff (Q)
6-3, 6-3

Alex Molcan
Borna Coric (18)
6-3, 6-3

Adrian Mannarino
Lorenzo Musetti (19)
6-4, 6-4

Taro Daniel (Q)
Matteo Berrettini (20)
7-6(5), 0-6 6-3

Jason Kubler
Grigor Dimitrov (21)
2-6, 7-6(5), 3-0 (RET)

Emil Ruusuvuori
Roberto Bautista Agut (22)
7-6(5_ 6-2

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (23)
Yibing Wu (WC)
6-4, 6-1

Jack Draper
Daniel Evans (24)
6-4, 6-2

Ugo Humbert
Denis Shapovalov (25)
7-5 6-4,

Stan Wawrinka
Miomir Kecmanovic (26)
7-6(8), 6-4

Francisco Cerundolo
Jack Sock (WC)
4-6 6-3, 6-4

Ilya Ivashka
Botic van de Zandschulp (28)
7-5, 3-2 (RET)

Cristian Garin(Q)
Yoshihito Nishioka (29)
6-4, 6-0

Sebastian Baez (30)
Rinky Hijikata (Q)
6-3, 6-1

Tallon Griekspoor (31)
Guido Pella (PR)
7-6(3), 7-6(4)

Alejandro Tabilo (Q)
Maxime Cressy (32)
7-6(3), 7-6(13)

Andy Murray
Radu Albot (LL)
6-4, 6-3

Murray Lastly Wins in Straight Units

It’s been a very long time coming, however Andy Murray lastly gained a match in straight units, defeating Radu Albot 6-4, 6-3. 

The Brit had initially been scheduled to play the more durable Pablo Carreno Busta, however he withdrew with an damage, permitting Albot, who he’d additionally by no means performed earlier than, to step into the fold.

The Moldovan, who has a significantly better monitor report on the east coast of the USA than right here, made it aggressive, however he doesn’t have the firepower to hassle Murray.

Murray’s reward is an all-British affair towards Jack Draper, who overpowered the twenty fourth seed Dan Evans earlier within the day.

Fritz Overcomes Shelton

Defending champion Taylor Fritz had one of many trickier second-round matches on paper and needed to get better from a set down towards Ben Shelton.

Fritz might be the most effective American on tour proper now. Regardless of wanting considerably ungainly in his motion, he’s capable of defend nicely, which helped him struggle via towards the newcomer Shelton who has a wonderful all-court sport.

High Half Highlights

Backside Half Highlights

A giant win for Taro Daniel within the backside half of the draw. The Japanese was recent off recording his first high 10 win in Acapulco, the place he defeated Ruud and took out Matteo Berrettini regardless of being bagelled within the second set. Daniel and Tabilo are the 2 qualifiers to make it into the third spherical.

Spherical of 32 Matches

Stan vs Rune needs to be an excellent one. Rune is likely one of the hardest hitters on tour proper now, and everyone knows how massive a ball Stan can hit, so I’m wanting ahead to that one.

Who’s your favorite for the title thus far? What did you consider the second spherical at Indian Wells? Let me know within the feedback.