Swiatek dominates at BNP Paribas Open; the useless transfer on

Defending champion Swiatek, who captured the No. 1 rating virtually a 12 months in the past, received 6-0, 6-1. She misplaced simply seven factors within the first set.

“Tactically and tennis-wise, everything was on point,” she mentioned. “I’ve had so many matches going my way over the past few weeks that I know what to do.” Defending males’s champion Taylor Fritz defeated former NCAA singles champion Ben Shelton 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Shelton’s greatest serve reached 147 mph.

Fritz mentioned, “I expected him to play well and serve the bomb.” “I used to be prepared for it, I simply needed to regroup, simply discover a approach and remedy the issue. He’s an unbelievable participant and it was a really robust first sport to return out and play, so I’m joyful to be out of it.

Andy Murray beat Radu Albot 6-4, 6-3 in his first straight-set win of the 12 months to arrange a third-round match with Jack Draper. Murray had simply 18 unforced errors to 35 for Elbutt, and by no means confronted a break level on his serve whereas hitting six aces.

“Hopefully I can move myself up the rankings, continue to build on that confidence and maybe even get a few more straight draws,” Murray mentioned.

Jannik Sinner defeated Richard Gasquet 6-3, 7-6(2). The 21-year-old Sinner hit 20 forehand winners towards the 36-year-old veteran.
“Obviously today’s match was tough, especially in the beginning I was a little tight,” Sinner mentioned on the court docket.

Another 21-year-old Draper defeated No. 24 Dan Evans 6-4, 6-2. Draper has dropped simply eight video games in his first two matches of his Indian Wells debut.

No. 10 Felix Auger-Aliassime superior to the third spherical with a 7-6(5), 6-4 win over Pedro Martinez.

2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu defeated No. 20 Magda Linett 7-6(3), 6-2. Linnett, a semifinalist on the Australian Open, acquired an early serve break, however Raducanu jumped out on her serve and tied it at 5-all earlier than forcing a tiebreaker.

“I used to be very proud of the way in which I fought. Because Magda performed at a very excessive degree,” Raducanu said. “Some issues that labored previously did not work right this moment, and I tailored.” No. 5 Carolina Garcia beats Dalma Gulfi 6-1 , 6-7(4), 6-4 Eighth seed Daria Kasatkina defeated Tatjana Maria 6-2, 6-1.

Karolina Muchova attacked the online in sturdy windy situations to beat two-time Indian Wells champion Victoria Azarenka 7-6(1), 6-3. Muchova is again after struggling an damage final 12 months.

Joining Azarenka had been different seeded gamers No. 25 Petra Martic and No. 28 Marie Buzakova.