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Patna : World No 60 Tommy Paul, 24, USA, stunned World No 5 & 4th seed Andrey Rublev, 23, Russia, in a three-set thriller in 3rd round of ATP Indian Wells Masters at Indian Wells, California, USA, on October 12, 2021, to move into Round of 16 of the tournament.
Paul beat Rublev 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 in 3rd round in 2 hr 24 minutes. Paul won 5 break points during the match to 4 by the Russian. The American also won 3 games in a row during the match to 2 by Rublev. Paul fired 5 Aces in the match to 6 by the Russian. Paul will face World No 15 Diego S hwartzman, 29, Argentina, in Round of 16 on October 13, 2021.
Top seed & World No 2 Daniil Medvedev, 25, Russia, beat 27th seed Filip Krajinovic, 29, Serbia, in straight sets 6-2, 7-6 in 1hr 30 minutes in 3rd round to advance to Round of 16. Medvedev won 4 break points during the match to 2 by World No 34 Krajinovic. The Russian also won the tiebreak. Medvedev won 4 games in a row in the match to 2 by Krajinovic. The Russian als fired 4 Aces during the match to none by the Serbian.
Medvedev will face 23rd seed Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, in Round of 16 on October 13, 2021. Dimitrov beat 16th seed Reilly Opelka, 24, USA, 6-3, 6-4 in 3rd round winning 2 break points and 3 games in a row during the match..
World No 26 Cameron Norrie, 26, UK, upset 15th seed Roberto Bautista Agut, 33, Spain, in three-sets 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 in 3rd round hammering 12 Aces during the match. Norrie won 6 break points during the match to 4 by the Spaniard. The Brit also won 3 games in a row in the match to 2 by Agut. Norrie, however, also committed 8 double faults during the match to none by Agut.
World No 23 & 19th seed ASlan Karatsev, 28, Russia, upset World no 13 & 9th seed Denis Shapovalov, 22, Canada, 7-5, 6-2 in 3rd round winning 3 break points to move into Round of 16. Shapovalov though fired 12 Qces during the match to none by the Russian. Karatsev also won 3 games in a row during the match.