Individuals Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton gave the house followers at Indian Wells lots to cheer about Monday, taming wind-whipped circumstances within the California desert to succeed in the fourth spherical.
Fritz, the 2022 BNP Paribas Open champion and No. 3 seed, overcame a gradual begin to beat Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
He stated he anticipated a tricky struggle within the subsequent spherical towards Britain’s Jack Draper, who dimmed the Individuals’ pleasure as he beat dwelling hope Jenson Brooksby in straight units.
“It will be a tricky match. I believe it is a robust draw to get him within the spherical of 16 as a top-four seed. He is an excellent participant,” Fritz stated. “I believe he is in all probability higher than his rating is … now we have had some tight ones.”
Shelton, 22, received the group on its ft as he performed with energy and poise to defeat Karen Khachanov 6-3, 7-5, regardless of coping with blisters on his hand.
Down a break within the second set, Shelton gained the ultimate 4 video games of the match and clinched it with one among eight aces and a mighty cheer. He’ll play fellow American Brandon Nakashima within the spherical of 16.
Within the night session, two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz breezed previous Denis Shapovalov 6-2, 6-4.
Reuters contributed to this report.