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yIndian Wells Masters: Kubler into third round as Dimitrov retires in third set
The Australian will play the winner of the match between No 14 seed Frances Tiafoe and Marcos Giron in the next round
Jason Kubler at the 2023 Qatar ExxonMobil Open
Image Credit: Imago / Panoramic
Australian Jason Kubler moved into the third round of the Indian Wells Masters when Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 21 seed, retired during the third set of their match on Friday.
Kubler, ranked No 75 in the world, led 2-6, 7-6 (5), 3-0 when Dimitrov, ranked No 25, pulled out at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
The Australian will play the winner of the match between No 14 seed Frances Tiafoe and Marcos Giron next.
Kubler had won against Italian Lorenzo Sonego (6-4, 7-6 (4)) in the first round of the ATP Masters 1000 event.
Indian Wells Masters, other second-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,800,000):
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Roberto Bautista Agut (22): 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Casper Ruud (3) beat Diego Schwartzman: 6-2, 6-3
- Ilya Ivashka beat Botic van de Zandschulp (28): 7-5, 3-2 ret.
- Cameron Norrie (10) beat Tung-lin Wu: 6-2, 6-4
- Cristian Garin (Q) beat Yoshihito Nishioka (29): 6-4, 6-0
- Ugo Humbert vs. Denis Shapovalov
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Holger Rune
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Alexei Popyrin
- Rinky Hijikata vs. Sebastian Baez
- Taylor Fritz vs. Ben Shelton
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Jack Sock
- Guido Pella vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Marton Fucsovics vs. Alex De Minaur
- Borna Coric vs. Alex Molcan
- Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Tommy Paul
- Andy Murray vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
- Jannik Sinner vs. Richard Gasquet
- Pedro Martinez vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Daniel Evans vs. Jack Draper
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Marcos Giron
- Andrey Rublev vs. Jiri Lehecka
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Taro Daniel
- Karen Khachanov vs. Oscar Otte
- Pedro Cachin vs. Alexander Zverev
- Yibing Wu vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Maxime Cressy vs. Alejandro Tabilo
- Jordan Thompson vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
