In an all-American first-round clash at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday, Donald Young overcame #NextGenATP player Stefan Kozlov 7-5, 7-6(5) in just under two hours. Young, who goes on to face another American in No. 23 seed Sam Querrey, enjoyed strong showings on home soil last month, reaching back-to-back semifinals in Memphis (l. to Harrison) and Delray Beach (l. to Sock). He has an 8-4 mark on the season and is now bidding to reach the third round at this ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament for the fourth time. Ninth seed Roger Federer will open his bid for a fifth Indian Wells crown against Stephane Robert after the Frenchman defeated Dudi Sela 6-4, 6-4. [ALSO LIKE] Great Britain’s...
Kyle Edmund got his BNP Paribas Open campaign off to a flying start on Friday, scoring a convincing 6-1, 6-3 win over Gastao Elias at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Edmund didn’t drop serve and broke Elias twice in each set to secure the win in 66 minutes. He will now face three-time defending champion Novak Djokovic in the second round. "The things [Djokovic] does well are making a lot of balls and being quick around the court. It's tough to get the ball by him and break him down,” said Edmund. “These are things that I've experienced the last two times I've played him. I'll try and use that on Sunday." [ALSO LIKE] American #NextGenATP player Taylor Fritz recorded...
• The bottom half of the main draw action at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday features four #NextGenATP players: American wild cards Taylor Fritz and Stefan Kozlov along with Daniil Medvedev of Russia and Borna Coric of Croatia. • In the lone men’s singles match on Stadium 1, Frenchman Benoit Paire takes on Fritz for the first time. Fritz was the ATP Star of Tomorrow recipient last season for becoming the youngest player to finish in the Top 100 Emirates ATP Rankings at No. 76. Fritz is trying to break a 13-match losing streak against Top 50 opponents. Paire is ranked No. 40. • There are three matches on Stadium 2 with 2013-14 quarter-finalist Kevin Anderson of South Africa...
At four minutes past midnight, Damir Dzumhur held on for a 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 victory over Ryan Harrison in two hours and 10 minutes at the BNP Paribas Open. The Bosnian advanced to a second-round match-up with Albert Ramos-Vinolas as he broke Harrison in the final game of the match, having saved 10 of the 13 break points he faced. The No. 67-ranked Dzumhur is coming off a run to the Dubai quarter-finals, where he upset Stan Wawrinka in the first round. Watch Full Match Replays Vasek Pospisil battled through to a second-round clash with World No. 1 and 2009 finalist Andy Murray on Thursday evening as he came from behind to defeat Yen-Hsun Lu 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-3 in two...
Qualifier Dusan Lajovic continued his solid run at the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday, scoring an impressive 6-3, 6-3 victory over wild card and #NextGenATP player Frances Tiafoe in the opening round. The Serbian dropped just four points in racing to a 4-0 lead in the opening set and continued to hold the momentum, breaking Tiafoe twice more in the second set to secure the win in one hour and 17 minutes. Lajovic will now play No. 30 seed Feliciano Lopez. [ALSO LIKE] Alexandr Dolgopolov kept up his recent run of form with a convincing 6-1, 6-4 victory over Viktor Troicki. Last month’s Argentina Open champion broke the Serbian twice in each set to wrap up victory in 69 minutes....
