Indian Wells: Rublev downs Murray for spot in third round

Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 5 seed, advanced to the third round of the Indian Wells Masters by defeating Andy Murray 7-6 (3), 6-1 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Friday night.

Rublev, ranked No 5, will play the winner of the match between American wildcard Brandon Nakashima and No 32 seed Jiri Lehecka next.

In the previous round of the Indian Wells Tennis Masters, Murray, ranked No 61, won against Belgian qualifier David Goffin (6-3, 6-2).

Indian Wells Masters 1000, other second-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 9.495.555, most recent results first):

• Gael Monfils vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Tommy Paul vs. Alex Michelsen
• Novak Djokovic vs. Aleksandar Vukic
• Fabio Fognini vs. Sebastian Baez
• Roman Safiullin vs. Sebastian Korda
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Taylor Fritz vs. Alejandro Tabilo
• Alexandre Muller vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Arthur Fils vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Luca Nardi
• Milos Raonic vs. Holger Rune
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Tomas Machac
• Cameron Norrie vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Patrick Kypson vs. Ugo Humbert
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Karen Khachanov vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Borna Coric
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Alexander Bublik vs. Juncheng Shang
• Ben Shelton vs. Jakub Mensik
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Nicolas Jarry: friday
• Lucas Pouille vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas: friday
• 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.