Six days after the largest title triumph of his profession, Alex de Minaur has been knocked out of the Indian Wells Masters in his first match.
Handed a first-round bye courtesy of his twentieth seeding, de Minaur went down 6-4 6-2 to world No.84 Marton Fucsovics of Hungary of their second-round conflict within the Californian desert on Saturday.
World No.18 de Minaur was coming off his three-set victory over Australian Open semi-finalist Tommy Paul within the last in Acapulco, the place he gained his seventh title, the primary at ATP 500 degree.
Taylor Fritz, the defending Indian Wells champion, rallied previous fellow American Ben Shelton, 4-6 6-4 6-3.
Italy’s Jannik Sinner defeated Richard Gasquet, 6-3 7-6 (7-2). The 21-year-old Sinner fired 20 forehand winners in opposition to the 36-year-old veteran.
Another 21-year-old, Jack Draper, beat fellow Brit Dan Evans, 6-4 6-2. Draper has misplaced simply eight video games by way of his first two matches of his Indian Wells debut.
Three-time grand slam champion Andy Murray beat Radu Albot 6-4, 6-3 in his first straight-set victory of the yr to arrange a third-round match with Draper.
Murray had simply 18 unforced errors to 35 for Albot, and by no means confronted a break level on his serve.
“I felt very nervous today. I’m not sure exactly why,” Murray mentioned. “Obviously, I’ve played a lot of tennis coming in, maybe I saw it was an opportunity for me. Maybe wasn’t as well-prepared.”
No. 10 Felix Auger-Aliassime reached the third spherical with a 7-6 (5), 6-4 win over Pedro Martinez.
with The AP
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