BNP Paribas Open—Indian Wells, California
Australian Open winner Jannik Sinner improved to 13-0 in 2024 on Friday at the BNP Paribas Open, defeating Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-3, 6-0.
Never in trouble during the match, Sinner will next face No. 25 Jan Lennard Struff or Borna Coric.
Elsewhere, No. 10 seed Alex de Minaur continued his stellar season by ousting Taro Daniel 6-1, 6-2, and will take on No. 20 seed Alexander Bublik or Juncheng Shang in the next round.
No. 22 seed Francisco Cerundolo and No. 31 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime also advanced in comfortable fashion.
Later on Friday, defending champion Carlos Alcaraz needed three sets to get by Matteo Arnaldi. The Spaniard has not won a tournament since Wimbledon last summer. He will face Auger-Aliassime in round three.
On the women’s side, top seed Iga Swiatek breezed by Danielle Collins 6-3, 6-0 and will take on Camila Giorgi or Linda Noskova in the next round.
Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova picked up a much-needed win over Bernarda Pera, and will next play Marta Kostyuk or Mai Hontama.
Other women’s winners on the day included: Angelique Kerber, Yulia Putintseva and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
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Second-round results:
Carlos Alcaraz (2) Defeats Matteo Arnaldi 6-7(5), 6-0, 6-1Jannik Sinner (3) Defeats Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-3, 6-0Andrey Rublev (5) Defeats Andy Murray 7-6(3), 6-1Alexander Zverev (6) Defeats Christopher O’Connell 6-4, 6-4Alex de Minaur (10) Defeats Taro Daniel 6-1, 6-2Stefanos Tsitsipas (11) Defeats Lucas Pouille 6-3, 6-2Thiago Seyboth Wild Defeats Karen Khachanov (15) 6-1, 7-5Ben Shelton (16) Defeats Jakub Mensik 4-6, 6-3, 6-4Frances Tiafoe (18) Defeats Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 6-3Francisco Cerundolo (22) Defeats Alexander Shevchenko 6-2 3-1 RET.Alexander Bublik (20) Defeats Juncheng Shang 6-4, 6-1Fabian Marozsan Defeats Nicolas Jarry (24) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4Jan-Lennard Struff (25) Defeats Borna Coric 6-7(3), 6-2, 7-6(9)Tallon Griekspoor (27) Defeats Yannick Hanfmann 6-3, 6-3Felix Auger-Aliassime (31) Defeats Constant Lestienne 6-4, 6-1Jiri Lehecka (32) Defeats Brandon Nakashima 3-6, 6-3, 6-4Roberto Carballes Baena Defeats Flavio Cobolli 6-4 6-4Lukas Klein Defeats Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 7-6(8), 6-4Alexandre Muller Defeats Hugo Grenier 7-6(5), 7-5Denis Shapovalov Defeats Botic van de Zandschulp 6-1, 6-4Alejandro Tabilo Defeats Pavel Kotov 4-6, 6-3, 7-5Zhizhen Zhang Defeats Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-7(2) 6-3 7-5