Washington - Saba:
Spain's Carlos Alcaraz, ranked third in the world, advanced to the third round of the Indian Wells American Tennis Championship in the 1000-point category after defeating Frenchman Quentin Halys in two sets to none (6/4 and 6/2).
Alcaraz will face Canadian Denis Shapovalov in the next round, ranked 27th in the world, who defeated Australian Adam Walton in two sets to none (6/3 and 6/2).
In contrast, Serbian Novak Djokovic, ranked seventh in the world, bid farewell to the tournament after losing to Dutchman Boteach van de Zandschulp (2/6, 6/3, 1/6).
For his part, British Jack Draper, ranked 14th in the world, defeated rising Brazilian Joao Fonseca in two straight sets (6/4, 6/0).
Draper will meet in the next round American Jenson Brooksby, who defeated Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, ranked 18th in the world, in two sets to none (6/4, 6/2).
In the rest of the matches in the same round, Polish Hubert Hurkacz defeated Frenchman Hugo Gaston in two consecutive sets (7/5, 6/3), and American Brandon Nakashima defeated Australian Rinke Hijikata in two sets as well (7/5, 6/1).
Russian Karen Khachanov also defeated Czech Jakub Mensik in two sets to one (3/6, 6/0, 6/3), and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov defeated Portuguese Nuno Borges in two sets to none (6/3, 6/4).
For his part, American Ben Shelton defeated Argentine Mariano Navone in two straight sets (6/3, 6/2), Australian Alex de Minaur defeated Belgian David Goffin in two sets to none (6/2, 6/2), and Frenchman Gael Monfils defeated American Sebastian Korda in two clean sets (7/6, 7/6).