Indian Wells Masters: Gigante ousts Baez to reach second round

Italian qualifier Matteo Gigante edged out Argentinian Sebastian Baez 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Thursday.

This was the second win for Gigante, ranked No 217, at the ATP Masters level. It also marked his biggest career win in terms of ranking. Baez had a good run in recent weeks, winning the title in Rio de Janeiro and reaching the final in Chile – both on clay. However, it marked his eighth loss in a row on hardcourts.

Gigante will face No 3 seed Taylor Fritz, of the United States, next.

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

• Gael Monfils beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-4, 6-4
• Gabriel Diallo (LL) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7)
• Mackenzie McDonald (WC) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Jakub Mensik beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Jenson Brooksby beat Benjamin Bonzi: 1-6, 7-5, 7-5
• Joao Fonseca (WC) beat Jacob Fearnley: 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
• Rinky Hijikata beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-1, 6-3
• Yosuke Watanuki (Q) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Cameron Norrie beat Luca Nardi: 6-0, 6-3
• Corentin Moutet beat Jordan Thompson: 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
• Zizou Bergs beat Ethan Quinn (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Marcos Giron beat Nikoloz Basilashvili (Q): 7-5, 7-6 (3)
• Roman Safiullin beat Reilly Opelka (WC): 7-5, 6-4
• Damir Dzumhur (Q) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (4)
• Colton Smith (Q) beat Flavio Cobolli: 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Fabian Marozsan beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-3, 6-2
• Yunchaokete Bu beat Nishesh Basavareddy (WC): 7-5, 6-4
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3
• Christopher O’Connell beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-3, 0-6, 6-1
• Tristan Boyer (WC) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• Thiago Seyboth Wild beat Alexandre Muller: 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (6)
• Kei Nishikori beat Jaume Munar: 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (3)
• Mariano Navone vs. Learner Tien
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Nick Kyrgios
• Li Tu vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Quentin Halys vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
• Giulio Zeppieri vs. Adam Walton
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Nuno Borges
• David Goffin vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Luciano Darderi vs. Hugo Gaston
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic

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