Indian Wells 2023 Round 3 Recap

The spherical of sixteen in Indian Wells is ready. It options six prime 10 seeds as Carlos Alcaraz, Taylor Fritz, Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Felix Auger Aliassime, and Cameron Norrie made it into the fourth spherical.

Casper Ruud was the causality of the spherical, falling to Cristian Garin, who he’s struggled towards previously.

Elsewhere Stan Wawrinka put in a stellar efficiency to defeat Holger Rune 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-5, and Jack Draper dispatched Andy Murray 7-6(6), 6-2.

The Brit’s reward is a gathering with prime seed Carlos Alcaraz who comfortably defeated the big-serving Tallong Griekspoor.

You possibly can see the complete outcomes from spherical three beneath:

Spherical of 32 Indians Wells 2023 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Carlos Alcaraz (1)
Tallon Griekspoor (31)
7-6(4), 6-3

Cristian Garin (Q)
Casper Ruud (3)
6-4, 7-6(2)

Taylor Fritz (4)
Sebastian Baez (30)
6-1. 6-2

Daniil Medvedev (5)
Ilya Ivashka
6-2, 3-6, 6-1

Andrey Rublev (6)
Ugo Humbert
7-5, 6-3

Stan Wawrinka (PR)
Holger Rune (7)
6-2, 6-7(5), 7-5

Felix Auger-Aliassime (8)
Francisco Cerundolo (27)
7-5, 6-4

Tommy Paul (17)
Hubert Hurkacz (9)
4-6, 6-2, -64

Cameron Norrie (10)
Taro Daniel (Q)
6-7(5), 7-5, 6-2

Jannik Sinner (11)
Adrian Mannarino
7-6(7), 6-4

Alexander Zverev (12)
Emil Ruusuvuori
7-5, 1-6, 7-5

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (23)
Karen Khachanov (13)
6-3, 1-6, 6-4

Frances Tiafoe (14)
Jason Kubler
6-3, 6-2

Jack Draper
Andy Murray
7-6(6), 6-2

Marton Fucsovics
Alex Molcan
6-4, 6-2

Alejandro Tabilo (Q)
Jordan Thompson
6-3, 7-6(6)

Match of the Spherical

The match of the spherical goes to Stan Wawrinka, who rolled again the years to defeat Holger Rune 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-5 to make the fourth spherical at a Masters 1000 for the primary time since 2020. 

Stan was the higher participant and will have wrapped it up in straights, squandering a break within the second set and a 5-2 lead within the tiebreak, however he recovered to file his 550th tour-level victory.

The final 45 minutes had been robust. I had the match in management and was taking part in nicely. I used to be placing a variety of strain; I ought to have gained the match method earlier than. I began feeling nervous and hesitated a bit of bit. He got here again within the match. He’s an incredible participant, a younger participant. However it’s particular to maintain profitable. It was essential to remain there mentally as a result of I’m taking part in nicely. I used to be attempting to remain calm with myself. I misplaced to him already in Paris. All my profession, I do know just one method. To maintain preventing, working, pushing myself and keep constructive. I’m tremendous proud of the win. Wawrinka on his win over Rune

Medvedev Hates Gradual Courts

Daniil Medvedev isn’t any fan of sluggish courts, and he made that much more well-known when he kicked off concerning the court docket velocity throughout his match with Ilya Ivashka.

“I’m going to pee as sluggish as this court docket is. So you possibly can take 25 minutes. The court docket is sluggish, so I’m going sluggish; I take my time,” he informed Mohammed Lahyani.

Lahyani replied, “You need to settle for this; you’re skilled.”

However Medvedev disagreed: “I don’t settle for this. They are saying on the very fact sheet that is exhausting courts. This isn’t exhausting courts.”

Draper Defeats Murray on Debut

Jack Draper, who’s making his Indian Wells debut, noticed off Andy Murray 7-6(6), 6-2 to arrange an thrilling tie with Carlos Alcaraz.

Draper has an enormous recreation, and that type ought to distinction properly with Alcaraz’s high-quality motion across the court docket.

Whether or not he can discover a method by way of him in Indian Wells stays to be seen, he’ll most likely need daytime situations so his forehand and serve can fly a bit extra.

Final 16 Matches

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