Indian Wells Masters: Tabilo wins epic 28-point tiebreak to upset Cressy

Chilean qualifier Alejandro Tabilo upset American Maxime Cressy, the No 32 seed, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (13) to advance to the third round of the Indian Wells Masters on Friday.

The second set tiebreak went on for 28 points before Tabilo was finally able to close it out 15-13.

The Chilean, ranked No 187, will face Australian Jordan Thompson next.

Tabilo beat German qualifier Maximilian Marterer (6-4, 6-3) in the first round of the Indian Wells Tennis Masters.

Indian Wells Masters, other second-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,800,000):

• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (23) beat Yibing Wu (WC): 6-4, 6-1
• 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
• 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
• Andrey Rublev vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Marcos Giron
• Karen Khachanov vs. Oscar Otte
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Taro Daniel
• Ugo Humbert vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Pedro Cachin vs. Alexander Zverev

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