Taylor Fritz defeated Spanish qualifier Jaume Munar 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (2) on Tuesday within the third spherical of the BNP Paribas Open, making him one in all 5 American males nonetheless alive within the desert match.
Fritz reached the semifinals at Indian Wells final yr, his career-best lead to an ATP Masters 1000 occasion. The son of former WTA Tour professional Kathy May has been on an upward trajectory since, reaching the fourth spherical of the Australian Open in January his finest exhibiting but in a Grand Slam occasion.
John Isner beat 14th-seeded Diego Schwartzman, 7-5, 6-3, to succeed in the fourth spherical. The 6-foot-11 American capitalized on his 16-inch top benefit, blasting 13 aces and irritating Schwartzman with intelligent drop pictures. Isner did not even want any tiebreakers; 18 of his 30 units performed this yr have led to tiebreakers.
Two different Americans, Tommy Paul and wild-card Steve Johnson, acquired beat. Paul misplaced to Twenty ninth-seeded Alex de Minaur, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Johnson dropped a 7-6 (7), 6-3 resolution to Eleventh-seeded Hubert Hurkacz.
“Tommy is really close to cracking into being seeded at slams,” Fritz stated. “Reilly (Opelka) is consistently beating very, very good players. It’s not weird to see these guys beating really good players, having solid results.”
Americans Frances Tiafoe and Steve Johnson had been to play evening matches.
On Wednesday, two extra Americans have huge fourth-round matches. No. 17 seed Opelka performs 21-time main champion Rafael Nadal, whereas Jenson Brooksby takes on defending champion and Twelfth-seeded Cameron Norrie.
“For the first time in a while you can actually say American tennis on the men’s side is very promising,” Isner stated. “We have a lot of players in the top 100. I do think getting two players in the top 10 sometime in the near future is very conceivable.”
In ladies’s fourth-round motion, Madison Keys beat British qualifier Harriett Dart, 6-1, 6-4. Keys is the final American girl nonetheless within the match.
“I really just kind of buckled down,” Keys stated. “If I acquired a second serve, I used to be going to be extra aggressive. When I acquired the chance, I used to be going to go for it.”
No. 3 seed Iga Swiatek outlasted three-time main champion and former No. 1 participant Angelique Kerber, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.
“I felt like she wanted to use her experience and kind of trick me,” Swiatek stated.
“I like that because it’s like a new experience for me. I’m pretty proud of myself that I could win against such a smart player.”
Simona Halep, the 2015 champion, beat Sorana Cirstea 6-1, 6-4. The Romanians performed for the primary time in 12 years and have break up their 4 conferences.
“I feel like I played perfect in the first set,” Halep stated. “The second set was a little bit tougher because I started to miss. She started to play a little bit better. But I think it’s a strong victory for me.”
Petra Martic of Croatia beat No. 28 Liudmila Samsonova, 7-6(6), 6-4. No. 6 Maria Sakkari superior when qualifier Daria Saville retired trailing 4-1 due to a left thigh harm.
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