Indian Wells Masters: Tsitsipas reaches last 16 with seventh win in a row

Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 8 seed, reached the last 16 of the Indian Wells Masters by beating Italian Matteo Berrettini, the No 28 seed, 6-3, 6-3 on Sunday.

Tsitsipas, ranked No 9, will face the Dane Holger Rune, the No 12 seed, next. He is coming off a title run in Dubai and has now won seven matches in a row on the tour.

In the previous round, the Greek won against Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild (6-2, 6-4).

Berrettini, ranked No 29, won against Australian Christopher O’Connell (6-2, 7-6 (2)) in the second round of the tournament.

Indian Wells Masters 1000, other third-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 13,042,410):

• Tommy Paul (10) beat Cameron Norrie: 6-3, 7-5
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (29): 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Arthur Fils vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Gael Monfils
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Alex De Minaur
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Francisco Cerundolo
• Alejandro Tabilo vs. Taylor Fritz
• Jack Draper vs. Jenson Brooksby
• Karen Khachanov vs. Ben Shelton
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Holger Rune vs. Ugo Humbert
• Alex Michelsen vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Marcos Giron vs. Alexei Popyrin

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