Tennis news
into your inbox
Thousands have already subscribed
yIndian Wells Masters: Lehecka sets up Rublev rematch
The Czech defeated Arthur Rinderknech 7-6 (4), 7-5 in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open
Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – January 22, 2023 Czech Republic’s Jiri Lehecka celebrates after winning his fourth round match against Canada’s Felix Auger Aliassime (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Czech Jiri Lehecka reached the second round of the Indian Wells Masters by beating Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech 7-6 (4), 7-5 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Wednesday.
Lehecka, ranked No 47 in the world, will play No 6 seed Andrey Rublev for the second time in three weeks, having beaten the Russian in the quarter-finals in Doha last week.
Rublev and Lehecka are tied at 1-1 in their head-to-head with the Russian winning their first match in Belgrade on clay last year.
Indian Wells Masters, other first-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,800,000, most recent results first):
- Cristian Garin (Q) beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-4, 6-2
- Yibing Wu vs. Jaume Munar: wednesday
- Taro Daniel (Q) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-1, 7-5
- Jason Kubler beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Pedro Cachin beat Nikoloz Basilashvili: 7-5, 6-3
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Constant Lestienne: 6-4, 4-1 ret.
- Brandon Nakashima beat John Isner: 7-6 (7), 6-3
- Marcos Giron beat Aleksandar Kovacevic (WC): 6-3, 7-5
- Ugo Humbert beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-2, 7-6 (6)
- Oscar Otte beat Laslo Djere: 6-3, 7-5
- Ilya Ivashka beat Roman Safiullin: 6-4, 6-2
- Gregoire Barrere vs. Jack Sock
- Dominic Thiem vs. Adrian Mannarino
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Borna Gojo vs. Richard Gasquet
- Mikael Ymer vs. Rinky Hijikata
- J.J. Wolf vs. Marton Fucsovics
- Alex Molcan vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
- Pedro Martinez vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Andy Murray
- Ben Shelton vs. Fabio Fognini
- Thiago Monteiro vs. Guido Pella
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Brandon Holt
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Filip Krajinovic
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Aleksandar Vukic
- Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Quentin Halys
- Leandro Riedi vs. Jack Draper
- Alexander Bublik vs. Tung-lin Wu
- Alejandro Tabilo vs. Maximilian Marterer
- Jordan Thompson vs. Gael Monfils
- Diego Schwartzman vs. Federico Coria
You might also like this
Jiri Lehecka: “I knew I could beat the top guys”
tennis majors
Lehecka topples top seed Rublev in Qatar
tennis majors
“We can see positive things in every win and every loss” – blossoming Lehecka learning on the fly
tennis majors
Djokovic still hopeful of playing in Miami
tennis majors
Is Novak Djokovic the Greatest of All Time?
tennis majors
