Indian Wells Masters: Rune sets up battle of the ages against Wawrinka in third round
The Danish teen beat Mackenzie McDonald 7-5, 6-3 in the second round
Holger Rune at the 2023 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
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Danish teenager Holger Rune, the No 7 seed, won against American Mackenzie McDonald 7-5, 6-3 to reach the third round of the Indian Wells Masters on Saturday.
The win set up an intriguing battle of the ages against Swiss veteran Stan Wawrinka in the third round.
This will be the second meeting between Rune and Wawrinka after the Danish teen won the first one last year at the Paris Masters in three sets which ended on a dramatic note.
McDonald, ranked No 53, beat Serb Filip Krajinovic (6-3, 6-0) in the previous round of the Indian Wells Tennis Masters.
Indian Wells Masters, other second-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,800,000:
- Sebastian Baez (30) beat Rinky Hijikata (Q): 6-3, 6-1
- Hubert Hurkacz (9) beat Alexei Popyrin (LL): 6-3, 6-3
- Adrian Mannarino beat Lorenzo Musetti (19): 6-4, 6-4
- Taylor Fritz (4) beat Ben Shelton: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Tallon Griekspoor (31) beat Guido Pella: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4)
- Francisco Cerundolo (27) beat Jack Sock (WC): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Andy Murray beat Radu Albot (LL): 6-4, 6-3
- Marton Fucsovics beat Alex De Minaur (16): 6-4, 6-2
- Tommy Paul (17) beat Jan-Lennard Struff (Q): 6-3, 6-3
- Alex Molcan beat Borna Coric (18): 6-3, 6-3
- Stan Wawrinka beat Miomir Kecmanovic (26): 7-6 (8), 6-4
- Jannik Sinner (11) beat Richard Gasquet: 6-3, 7-6 (2)
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (8) beat Pedro Martinez: 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Jack Draper beat Daniel Evans (24): 6-4, 6-2
- Andrey Rublev (6) beat Jiri Lehecka: 6-4, 6-2
- Frances Tiafoe (14) beat Marcos Giron: 6-2, 6-2
- Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-4, 6-3
- Karen Khachanov (13) beat Oscar Otte: 6-3, 6-3
- Taro Daniel (Q) beat Matteo Berrettini (20): 7-6 (5), 0-6, 6-3
- Ugo Humbert beat Denis Shapovalov (25): 7-5, 6-4
- Alexander Zverev (12) beat Pedro Cachin: 6-3, 6-1
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (23) beat Yibing Wu (WC): 6-4, 6-1
- Alejandro Tabilo (Q) beat Maxime Cressy (32): 7-6 (3), 7-6 (13)
- Jason Kubler beat Grigor Dimitrov (21): 2-6, 7-6 (5), 3-0 ret.
- Jordan Thompson beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (2): 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 (5)
- 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
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
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