Francisco Cerú eliminated Van de Zandschulp and advanced for the first time to the round of 16 at Indian Wells

The Argentine tennis player Francisco closing it Keep stomping in Indian Wells And he managed to advance for the first time to the round of 16 of the American 1000 Masters after beating Nerlandés in two sets Botic Van de Zandschulp (85 °), who came from surprising and eliminating Novak Djokovic In the first round.

The 26-year-old won calmly in two partials 6-3 and 6-4.

In his debut, closing him had achieved a complicated victory against Mackenzie McDonald (109 °) where he fell on the first set 6-4 and won the last two for 7 (7) -6 (3) and 6-1.

In the next round, the Argentine will have to face the winner of the duel between the Polish Hubert Hurkacz (22 °) and the Australian Alex de Miñaur (10 °).

Although the match began with Van de Zandschulp marking the pace and with an early break to advance 3-1, the Argentine reacted on time, adjusted his blows from the bottom of the court and He recovered the break with a streak of five consecutive games, closing the first sleeve 6-3.

In the second set, the game became more even and both players held their serves with authority until 4-4, which was when Cerún it he achieved the key break that allowed him to take advantage of.

The Buenos Aires had to deal with some errors and a double foul at the closure but could take advantage of his second match point to seal the 6-3 and 6-4 victory In 1 hour and 29 minutes of play.

Indian Wells: The outstanding matches

Spanish and two -time champion in this tournament, Carlos Alcaraz (2nd), will play on Monday its match corresponding to the third round and will have nothing easy, since on the other side will be the dangerous Canadian Denis Shapovalov (27 °).

Another candidates who will have action on this day will be the American Taylor Fritz (3rd), winner at Indian Wells in 2022. His rival will be the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo (30 °).