Indian Wells Masters: Monfils wins, meets Korda in second round

French veteran Gael Monfils reached the second round of the BNP Paribas Open by winning against German Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4, 6-4 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Thursday.

The win improved the Frenchman’s record against Struff to 4-0 lifetime (2-0 in 2025). He also improved to 10-3 in matches in 2025.

Monfils, ranked No 42 and playing for the 16th time in Indian Wells, will play No 24 seed Sebastian Korda next. This will be the first meeting between the two players.

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

• 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 Gigante vs. Sebastian Baez
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic