Borna Coric deems it “maybe the best tennis of my life”, breezing past the in-form Roberto Bautista Agut to reach the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open. Now, the gifted 21-year-old Croatian has the chance to back it up against #NextGenATP American Taylor Fritz on a blockbuster, action-packed Wednesday, with all fourth-round clashes due to take place. A resurgent Coric, back up to No. 49 in the ATP Rankings, has dropped fewer games than any player in the top half of the draw in the desert. Fritz, by contrast, has had to rally his home crowd to get him across the line against #NextGenATP stablemates, Reilly Opelka and Andrey Rublev, before his gripping third-set tie-break triumph over experienced Spaniard...
Juan Martin Del Potro makes it five straight wins over David Ferrer, while Philipp Kohlschreiber, Feliciano Lopez and Milos Raonic also reach the fourth round. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: Getty Images
In his 16th BNP Paribas Open, Feliciano Lopez is only one round away from recording his best result at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in Indian Wells. The 36-year-old Spaniard upset eighth seed Jack Sock on Tuesday evening, escaping a tight third-round match 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-4. Sock was looking to return to the semi-finals in Indian Wells (l. to eventual champion Federer in 2017). But Lopez was solid on serve and opportunistic with his return game during the pair's fourth FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting (2-2), which lasted almost two hours and 30 minutes. Watch Full Match Replays Neither player saw a break point in the opener, but Lopez came back in the tie-break after Sock led by a...
Former World No. 3 Milos Raonic, on the comeback from injuries in 2017, will be making his way up the ATP Rankings in the very near future. The 32nd seed won his second match in a row in Indian Wells, beating Portugal's Joao Sousa 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 to reach the fourth round at the BNP Paribas Open for the first time since his final run in 2016 (l. to Djokovic). Raonic missed last year's tournament because of an injury to his right leg. Watch Full Match Replays The 6'5" right-hander was broken in the second set, but regrouped in the decider, not facing a break point to run away with the match. The Canadian finished with 12 aces and won...
In the beginning of their FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry, David Ferrer dominated Juan Martin del Potro. The Spaniard won six of their first eight matches. Yet in this “what-have-you-done-for-me-lately” world, Del Potro can claim all the bragging rights. [ALSO LIKE] The Argentine made it five in a row against Spanish veteran on Tuesday in Indian Wells, beating Ferrer 6-4, 7-6(3) to advance to the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open. It's Del Potro's first trip to the Round of 16 since 2013, when he made his first and only Indian Wells final (l. to Nadal). Watch Full Match Replays His seventh victory against Ferrer was all about persistence. Ferrer saved the first 10 break points he faced until Del...
