In the 3rd round, the Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev also said goodbye to the tournament and after two weeks he will lose the number one place in the world. The highest seed lost to the Frenchman Gaël Monfils 6: 4, 3: 6, 1: 6 and will pass the first place in the ranking again to Novak Djokovic. A Serbian tennis player in Indian Wells will not start due to a lack of coronavirus vaccination.
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Thirty-two-year-old Kvitová, who in the previous duel defeated Alexander Sasnovičová of Belarus after two and a half hours, played with the world number six game only in the beginning. The two-time Wimbledon champion could not lean on her service, collected unforced errors and did not win a game from 3: 3.
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The first set was decided by the loss of the Czech national team’s serve in the eighth game. Immediately, although Kvitová worked out the only two breakballs in the match and was able to equalize, only minimal Sakakari did not admit the complication and in the second set she clearly mastered the events on the court.
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Bouzková played the match with Kuděrmětová very well and quickly took the lead 4: 1, but her opponent won another five games and the Czech player also injured her ankle in the last game of the opening set. After the treatment, she finished the set and in the beginning of the second one, she again developed a lead of 2: 0, but in the third game she decided to resign when she was served at 40:15.
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| Indian Wells Men’s & Women’s Tournament (Hard) |
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| Men ($ 9,554,920 grant): |
| Singles – Round 3: |
| Alcaraz (19-point) – Bautista (15-point) 6: 2, 6: 0 |
| Monfils (26-FR.) – Medvedev (1-RUS) 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1 |
| Nadal (4-Šp.) – Evans (27-Brit.) 7:5, 6:3. |
| Women ($ 8,369,455 grant): |
| Singles – Round 3: |
| Sakkari (6-Greek) – Kvitova (27-CZ) 6: 3, 6: 0 |
| Kuděrmětovová (21-Rus.) – Bouzková (CZE) 6: 4, 0: 2 ret. |
| Vondrousova (30-CR) – Kontaveitova (4-Est.) 3: 6, 7: 5, 7: 6 (7: 5) |
| Saville (Austr.) – Mertens (20-Belg.) 6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 3 |
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