Zverev vanquishes Murray en route to last 16, Tsitsipas rallies in the desert

Olympic
Gamed
gold
medallist
and
third
seed
Zverev
fell
behind
a
break
in
both
sets
but
battled
past
Murray
in
straight
sets
at
the
ATP
Masters
1000
tournament
on
Tuesday.

Tsitsipas
–
the
second
seed
–
rallied
from
a
set
down
to
vanquish
Fabio
Fognini
in
the
desert,
while
fifth
seed
Berrettini
was
a
third-round
casualty.

ZVEREV
CLAIMS
COVETED
SCALP
OF
MURRAY

Having
already
defeated
Novak
Djokovic,
Rafael
Nadal
and
Roger
Federer
in
his
career,
all
that
was
missing
for
Zverev
was
a
win
over
Murray
to
complete
the
‘Big
Four’ sweep.

Zverev
added
Murray
to
his
list
of
scalps
with
a
6-4
7-6
(7-4)
victory
to
reach
the
Indian
Wells
fourth
round
for
the
first
time
since
2016.

The
German
star
has
now
won
19
of
his
last
20
matches
since
Wimbledon.

“He’s
the
only
one
of
the
Big
Four
that
I
hadn’t
beaten
yet,
so
I’m
happy
that
I’ve
done
it
today,”
said
Zverev,
who
will
clash
with
14th
seed
Gael
Monfils
in
the
next
round.
“Obviously
it
was
a
fantastic
match.

“I
thought
Andy
played
extremely
well,
maybe
as
well
as
he’s
played
since
the
surgery.
I
hope
he
continues
playing
the
same
way,
because
tennis
did
miss
him
for
a
long
time
and
I
think
it’s
good
to
have
him
back.”

TSITSIPAS
FIGHTS
BACK

It
was
far
from
easy
for
Greek
star
Tsitsipas,
who
prevailed
2-6
6-3
6-4
against
25th
seed
Fabio
Fognini.

Tsitsipas
added
to
his
ATP
Tour-leading
haul
of
match
wins
this
season,
which
now
stands
at
53
after
Fognini
had
been
looking
to
score
his
first
victory
over
the
French
Open
runner-up.

Alex
de
Minaur
–
the
22nd
seed
–
awaits
after
he
took
down
13th
seed
Cristian
Garin
6-4
6-2
for
his
first
trip
to
the
Indian
Wells
last
16.

BERRETTINI
BUNDLED
OUT

Wimbledon
finalist
Berrettini
was
no
match
for
Taylor
Fritz,
who
surprisingly
topped
the
Italian
6-4
6-3.

Berrettini
entered
the
contest
as
the
only
player
on
the
ATP
Tour
this
season
to
register
double-digit
wins
on
three
surfaces
–
15-4
(hard),
13-4
(clay)
and
11-1
(grass).

“We’re
coming
to
the
end
of
the
year,
I
could
really
use
a
big
result,”
said
Fritz
after
claiming
his
first
top-10
win
of
the
year.
“This
is
just
what
I
needed,
playing
one
of
my
favourite
tournaments
close
to
home.”