Indian 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

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BNP Paribas Open •First round • completed
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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

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