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Patna : World No 2 Rafael Nadal, 32, Spain, World No 4 Roger Federer, 37, Switzerland, World No 9 John Isner, 33, USA, World No 11 Marin Cilic, 30, Croatia, and World No 15 Daniil Medvedev, 23, Russia, entered the Round of 32 at ATP Indian Wells Masters at California, USA, on March 11, 2019. But, World No 17 Fabio Fognini, 31, Italy, crashed out of the tournament losing to World No 53 Radu Albot, 29, Moldova, in the second round.
Nadal brushed aside World No 192 Jared Donaldson, 22, USA, 6-1, 6-1 in 72 minutes in the second round to storm into the Round of 32. Nadal, winner of 17 Grand Slam singles titles, broke Donaldson’s service 5 times in the match. He fired 6 Aces in the match to 3 by Donaldson. Nadal though committed 3 double faults to 2 by his rival. Nadal also won 7 games in a row in the match. Nadal will face World No 26 Diego Schwartzman, 26, Argentina, in the Round of 32.
Federer beat World No 85 Peter Gojowczyk, 29, Germany, 6-1, 7-5 in 77 minutes in the second round. He broke Gojowczyk’s service 4 times while the latter broke his service once. Gojowczyk though fired 6 Aces in the match to 2 by Federer, the winner of 100 career titles. Federer won 5 games in a row in the match to 2 by his rival. Federer will face World No 40 Stan Wawrinka, 33, Switzerland, in the Round of 32. Wawrinka defeated World No 31 Marton Fucsovics, 27, Hungary, 6-4, 6-7, 7-5 in the 2nd round.
Isner defeated World No 131 Alexei Popyrin, 19, Australia, 6-0, 6-2 in only 54 minutes to enter the Round of 32. Isner broke Popyrin’s service 5 times in the match besides winning 10 games in a row. Isner fired 6 Aces in the match to 1 by Popyrin. Isner will face World No 34 Guido Pella, 28, Argentina, in the next round.
World No 11 Cilic beat World No 45 Dusan Lajovic, 28, Serbia, 6-3, 6-4 to enter the Round of 32. Cilic broke Lajovic’s service 4 times while the latter broke his service twice. Cilic won 4 games in a row in the match to 2 by Lajovic. Cilic served 3 Aces in the match to 1 by his rival. Cilic will face World No 25 Denis Shapovalov, 19, Canada, in the next round.
Medvedev beat World No 62 Mackenzie McDonald, 23, USA, 7-5, 6-0 in the second round firing 5 Aces Medvedev broke McDonald’s service 5 times while the latter broke his service once. Both the players committed 4 double faults each. Medvedev won 9 games in a row in the match to 3 by McDonald.
World No 13 Karen Khachanov, 22, Russia, entered the Round of 32 defeating World No 78 Feliciano Lopez, 37, Spain, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 in the 2nd round. Khachanov fired 7 Aces in the match to 6 by Lopez. Both the players won 4 break points each. Lopez won 5 games in a row in the match to 3 by Khachanov. He will face World No 102 Andrey Rublev, 21, Russia, in the next round.
But, Radu Albot stunned World No 17 Fabio Fognini 6-0, 7-6 in the 2nd round. Albot broke Fognini’s service 5 times while the latter broke his service twice in the match. Albot also fired 4 Aces in the match to none by Fognini. Albot won 6 games in a row to 2 Fognini. Albot will face World No 23 Kyle Edmund , 24, UK, in the next round.