High-ranked Australian Alex de Minaur brushed apart David Goffin to hitch countryman and fellow seed Alexei Popyrin within the final 32 of the Indian Wells Masters.
Indian Wells, CA, United States, 9 March 2025 | Matt Trollope
Alex de Minaur outplayed David Goffin once more on Saturday night within the Californian desert to maneuver into the third spherical of the ATP Masters occasion at Indian Wells.
After a first-round bye, No.9 seed De Minaur gained 6-2 6-2 – his seventh straight victory over Goffin – in simply 73 minutes to kick off his event in dominant model.
He joins twenty sixth seed and fellow Aussie Alexei Popyrin within the third spherical, nevertheless countrymen Rinky Hijikata and Adam Walton exited within the second spherical.
Hijikata pushed thirty second seed Brandon Nakashima onerous within the first set earlier than falling 7-5 6-1, whereas Walton, a qualifier, discovered final month’s Dallas champion and twenty seventh seed Denis Shapovalov too robust.
Within the concurrent WTA occasion, Kim Birrell fell in two tight seeds to Elise Mertens, the No.28 seed.
De Minaur’s victory units up a third-round assembly in opposition to No.21 seed Hubert Hurkacz, a participant the Aussie final confronted nearly six years in the past.
And the draw has opened up for the winner of that match; De Minaur or Hurkacz’s fourth-round opponent was projected to be Novak Djokovic, just for the sixth seed to be sensationally eradicated by fortunate loser Botic van de Zandschulp.
De Minaur has reached the fourth spherical in three of his previous 4 visits to Indian Wells, however is but to go additional.
He has now gained 12 of his 16 matches in 2025 because of his win over Goffin, which improves his head-to-head file in opposition to the Belgian to an ideal 7-0, plus 14-1 in units.
Whereas De Minaur will get pleasure from a relaxation day on Sunday (California time), Popyrin – within the reverse half of the draw – will face native favorite Marcos Giron.
Popyrin is in search of to transcend the third spherical at an ATP Masters 1000 event for the fourth time, and the primary since his Masters title at Montreal in August final yr.
Additionally on Sunday, Aussie Olympic gold medallists Matt Ebden and John Friends, who’ve reunited at Indian Wells, face third seeds and AO 2025 finalists Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori within the first spherical of the boys’s doubles occasion.
Jordan Thompson, in the meantime, groups up with Sebastian Korda.
In girls’s doubles, Ellen Perez, partnering Jelena Ostapenko, has charged into the quarterfinals thanks to 2 straight wins.
Perez and Ostapenko, the No.4 seeds and the primary staff via to the quarters, might subsequent face fifth seeds Hsieh Su-Wei and Zhang Shuai.
De Minaur is anticipated to play his third-round match in opposition to Hurkacz on Monday.
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