In the next instance he will face Jannik Sinner (3rd), a rival with whom they equal 1-1 in history, as a result of the celebration in Shanghai and the fall in Vienna, both last season.
Meanwhile, the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, Italian Jannik Sinner and Polish Iga Swiatek, great candidates for the Indian Wells title, They reached the round of 16 of the Californian tournament without major difficulties.
Alcaraz, reigning champion, got rid of the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, one of the few tennis players with whom he has a negative balance, 6-2 and 6-3.
After the scare experienced at its premiere on Friday, Alcaraz He returned to the scene fully concentrated until completing a match that he described as “almost perfect.”
“I think it was almost a perfect match on my part,” the Murcian congratulated himself on center court. “I played at a really high level of tennis, much higher than the first round. I hope to continue raising my level,” said the former world number one.
Auger-Aliassime, who became sixth in the world and today is ranked 31st, was already one of the victims of Alcaraz in his overwhelming career last year in the Californian desert, where he did not drop a single set on his way to the title.
On Friday, however, the former world number one delivered his first round of this edition against the Italian Matteo Arnaldi before raising his game in time with a forceful comeback.
The Murcian dominated from start to finish Auger-Aliassime maintaining its effectiveness in service very high and without allowing a single break.
The Canadian, a great tennis promise whose career is in decline, still dominates face-to-face with Alcaraz with three victories in five duels.
At 20 years old, Alcaraz will compete in his third consecutive round of 16 of this prestigious Masters 1000 against the Hungarian Fábián Marozsán (24th in the ATP), which he has been looking forward to since he eliminated him last year in Rome.
After the Spanish exhibition, it was the turn of Jannik Sinner, his great generational rival, who also quickly dispatched the German Jan-Lennard Struff.
The Italian figurenumber three in the world ranking, beat Struff (25th) 6-3 and 6-4 and remains undefeated in an exceptional start to the season.
Sinner, who aspires to reach his first final in Indian Wells, chained a total of 17 consecutive victories that allowed him the biggest loot of the Australian Open, first Grand Slam of the year.
Two other candidates, the German Alexander Zverev and the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas also signed up for the eighths to win to the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor and the American Frances Tiafoe respectively.
The most notable elimination was that of the Russian Andrey Rublev, fifth seed, at the hands of the Czech Jirí Lehecka by double 6-4.
In the women’s branch, in the WTA 1000 category, Iga Swiatek revenge was taken against the promise Czech Linda Noskova by eliminating it by a score of 6-4 and 6-0.
The Pole, number one in the WTA, found herself 2-4 down and resisted up to three break points but then went ahead, stringing together a total of 10 games in a row.
Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff, Second and third classified, they went through much greater trouble to overcome their debuts in a women’s tournament that lost more than half of its top ten seeds.
Swiatek exacted revenge for her stunning defeat in January by 19-year-old Noskova. in the third round of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year.
Argentina Nadia Podoroska, on the other hand, was unable to extend her tour of the Coachella Valley after falling 6-1 in a double against Russian Anastasia Potapova.
Podoroska, In her best recent performance in a WTA 1000, she had previously beaten the Americans Ashlyn Krueger and Kayla Day in a tournament that she entered due to the resignation of Paula Badosa.
The Results 3rd round
Men
Jirí Lehecka (Czech Rep.) defeated Andrey Rublev (Russia) 6-4, 6-4
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) defeats Frances Tiafoe (USA) 6-3, 6-3
Jannik Sinner (Italy) beats Jan-Lennard Struff (Germany) 6-3, 6-4
Alexander Zverev (Germany) defeats Tallon Griekspoor (Netherlands) 7-6 (9/7), 6-3
Alex De Minaur (Astralia) beats Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan) 7-5, 6-0
Fábián Marozsán (Hungary) defeats Thiago Wild (Brazil) 6-2, 6-2
Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) defeats Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada) 6-2, 6-3
Ben Shelton (USA) to Francisco Cerúndolo (Argentina) 7-6 (5), 3-6 and 7-6 (5)
Women
Iga Swiatek (Poland) defeated Linda Nosková (Czech Rep.) 6-4, 6-0
Yulia Putintseva (KAazakhstan) defeats Madison Keys (USA) 6-4, 6-1
Angelique Kerber (Germany) defeats Veronika Kudermetova ((Russia) 6-4, 7-5
Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) beats Katie Volynets (USA) 6-2, 4-6, 6-0
Anastasia Potapova (Russia) defeats Nadia Podoroska (Argentina) 6-1, 6-1
Jasmine Paolini (Italy3) defeats Anna Kalinskaya (Russia) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
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