Indian Wells Masters: Nakashima through to third round

American Brandon Nakashima, the No 32 seed, reached the third round of the Indian Wells Masters by winning against Australian Rinky Hijikata 7-5, 6-1 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Saturday night.

Nakashima, ranked No 33, will face Italian Matteo Arnaldi next.

Hijikata, ranked No 83, defeated Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko (6-1, 6-3) in the previous round of the Indian Wells Tennis Masters.

Indian Wells Masters 1000, other second-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 13.042.410, most recent results first):

• Gael Monfils vs. Sebastian Korda
• David Goffin vs. Alex De Minaur
• Mariano Navone vs. Ben Shelton
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Nuno Borges
• Karen Khachanov vs. Jakub Mensik
• Hubert Hurkacz (21) beat Hugo Gaston (Q): 7-5, 6-3
• Botic van de Zandschulp (LL) beat Novak Djokovic (6): 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
• Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Quentin Halys: 6-4, 6-2
• Francisco Cerundolo (25) beat Mackenzie McDonald (WC): 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1
• Denis Shapovalov (27) beat Adam Walton (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Andrey Rublev (7): 6-4, 7-5
• Taylor Fritz (3) beat Matteo Gigante (Q): 6-3, 7-5
• Alejandro Tabilo (30) beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-3, 7-5
• Jenson Brooksby beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (17): 6-4, 6-2
• Jack Draper (13) beat Joao Fonseca (WC): 6-4, 6-0
• Frances Tiafoe (16) beat Damir Dzumhur (Q): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7)
• Yosuke Watanuki (Q) beat Tomas Machac (19): 4-6, 4-2 ret.
• Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Yunchaokete Bu: 6-2, 6-2
• Arthur Fils (20) beat Gabriel Diallo (LL): 6-2, 6-2
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (8) beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 6-2, 6-4
• Holger Rune (12) beat Corentin Moutet: 6-2, 6-4
• Alex Michelsen (31) beat Colton Smith (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Lorenzo Musetti (15) beat Roman Safiullin: 7-5, 5-7, 6-2
• Matteo Berrettini (28) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-2, 7-6 (2)
• Marcos Giron beat Casper Ruud (4): 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-2
• Alexei Popyrin (26) beat Zizou Bergs: 7-6 (4), 7-5
• Cameron Norrie beat Jiri Lehecka (23): 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Tommy Paul (10) beat Tristan Boyer (WC): 6-3, 6-1
• Ugo Humbert (18) beat Kei Nishikori: 6-4, 6-3
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (29) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-4 ret.
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Alexander Zverev (1): 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)

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