Indian Wells: Paul sees off Michelsen with ease
Tommy Paul beat Alex Michelsen 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday night and will face Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the No 14 seed, in the next round
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No 17 seed Tommy Paul moved into the third round of the Indian Wells Masters by defeating Alex Michelsen 6-2, 6-2 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Saturday night.
Paul, ranked No 17, will face Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the No 14 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Indian Wells Tennis Masters, Michelsen, ranked No 80, won against Spaniard Jaume Munar (6-2, 6-3).
Indian Wells Masters 1000, other second-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 9.495.555, most recent results first):
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Gael Monfils vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Casper Ruud vs. Lukas Klein: sunday
- Sebastian Korda (29) beat Roman Safiullin: 6-4, 6-2
- Novak Djokovic (1) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
- Lorenzo Musetti (26) beat Denis Shapovalov: 6-4, 2-6, 7-5
- Sebastian Baez (19) beat Fabio Fognini (WC): 7-5, 6-3
- Taylor Fritz (12) beat Alejandro Tabilo: 7-6 (2), 6-2
- Grigor Dimitrov (13) beat Alexandre Muller: 7-5, 6-2
- Arthur Fils beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (23): 6-3, 6-4
- Luca Nardi (LL) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
- Adrian Mannarino (21) beat Tomas Machac: 6-1, 6-2
- Cameron Norrie (28) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 6-4
- Ugo Humbert beat Patrick Kypson (WC): 6-4, 6-4
- Milos Raonic vs. Holger Rune
- Frances Tiafoe (18) beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-3, 6-3
- Thiago Seyboth Wild (Q) beat Karen Khachanov (15): 6-1, 7-5
- Jan-Lennard Struff (25) beat Borna Coric: 6-7 (3), 6-2, 7-6 (9)
- Alexander Bublik (20) beat Juncheng Shang (Q): 6-4, 6-1
- Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-1
- Jiri Lehecka (32) beat Brandon Nakashima (WC): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Tallon Griekspoor (27) beat Yannick Hanfmann: 6-3, 6-3
- Ben Shelton (16) beat Jakub Mensik (WC): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Fabian Marozsan beat Nicolas Jarry (24): 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (11) beat Lucas Pouille (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Andrey Rublev (5) beat Andy Murray: 7-6 (3), 6-1
- Alexander Zverev (6) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-4, 6-4
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (31) beat Constant Lestienne (Q): 6-4, 6-1
- Alex De Minaur (10) beat Taro Daniel: 6-1, 6-2
- Jannik Sinner (3) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 6-3, 6-0
- Francisco Cerundolo (22) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-2, 3-1 ret.
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