Indian Wells Masters: Shelton overcomes Cerundolo in deciding set tiebreak to reach last 16
The American will face Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner, the No 3 seed, in the next round
Ben Shelton at the 2024 Australian Open
American Ben Shelton, the No 16 seed, moved into the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open by edging out Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 22 seed, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (5) at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Sunday night.
Shelton, ranked No 16, will play Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner, the No 3 seed, next.
The 21-year-old American edged out wildcard Jakub Mensik (4-6, 6-3, 6-4) earlier in the week.
In the previous round of the Indian Wells Tennis Masters, Cerundolo, ranked No 22, benefited from the abandonment of Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko (6-2, 3-1).
Indian Wells Masters 1000, other third-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 9,495,555):
- Alexander Zverev (6) beat Tallon Griekspoor (27): 7-6 (7), 6-3
- Jiri Lehecka (32) beat Andrey Rublev (5): 6-4, 6-4
- Jannik Sinner beat Jan-Lennard Struff (25): 6-3, 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (31): 6-2, 6-3
- Alex De Minaur (10) beat Alexander Bublik (20): 7-5, 6-0
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (11) beat Frances Tiafoe (18): 6-3, 6-3
- Fabian Marozsan beat Thiago Seyboth Wild (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Sebastian Korda
- Novak Djokovic vs. Luca Nardi
- Taylor Fritz vs. Sebastian Baez
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Casper Ruud vs. Arthur Fils
- Tommy Paul vs. Ugo Humbert
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Holger Rune
- Cameron Norrie vs. Gael Monfils
