Indian Wells, Oct 12: Top-seeded Daniil Medvedev beat Filip Krajinovic 6-2 7-6 (1) to reach the round of 16 at the BNP Paribas Open.
Karolina Plisova, the women’s top seed, was upset by Beatriz Haddad Maia. Medvedev, the U.S. Open champion, connected on 70% of his first serves and fired four aces despite challenging weather conditions. Haddad Maia got into the main draw as a lucky loser. Ranked 115th, the Brazilian reached the round of 16 at a WTA 1000 event for the first time.
Coco Gauff lost to 21st-seeded Paula Badosa 6-2 6-2. Angelique Kerber defeated 20th-seeded Daria Kasatkina 6-2 1-6 6-4.
Ons Jabeur beat Danielle Collins 6-1 6-3 for her Tour-leading 46th match win of the year. No 16 seed Bianca Andreescu, the 2019 champion, lost to 18th-seeded Anett Kontaveit 7-6 (5) 6-3.
On the men’s side, No 6 Casper Ruud outlasted Lloyd Harris 6-7 (4) 6-4 6-4. No 8 Hubert Hurkacz and 10th-seeded Diego Schwartzman advanced. No 16 Reilly Opelka lost to 23rd-ranked Grigor Dimitrov 6-3 6-4. No 9 Denis Shapovalov was beaten by 19th-seeded Aslan Karatsev 7-5 6-2. (AP)
