Zverev leads way into Indian Wells third round / Photo: © GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP
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Zverev leads way into Indian Wells third round
Fourth-seeded German Alexander Zverev breezed into the third round of the Indian Wells ATP and WTA Masters 1000 on Friday with a brisk 6-3, 6-4 victory over Matteo Berrettini.
Zverev didn't face a break point on a windy Stadium Court, breaking Berrettini's serve once in each set to polish off the victory in just one hour and 11 minutes.
It was an encouraging start for the German who fell in his opening match last year in the California desert, where he has never made it past the quarter-finals.
WTA world number one Aryna Sabalenka and men's No. 2 Jannik Sinner headline the day's play as seeded players swing into action after enjoying first-round byes.
Sabalenka, playing her first tournament since a runner-up finish to Elena Rybakina at the Australian Open, takes on Japanese qualifier Himeno Sakatsume.
World number four Coco Gauff, coming off a semi-final run in Dubai, takes on qualifier Kamilla Rakhimova of Uzbekistan, and 16th seeded Naomi Osaka of Japan faces qualifier Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva of Andorra.
In other early matches, Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko, playing her first since cracking the top 10, beat Australian Kimberly Birrell 6-4, 7-6 (7/5).
Britain's Emma Raducanu, seeded 25th, was quick out of the blocks with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over qualifier Anastasia Zakarova.
Raducanu, ousted in the second round of the Australian Open, arrived in California buoyed by a runner-up finish last month in Romania, where she reached her first final since her upset triumph at the 2021 US Open.
Italy's Sinner, a two-time semi-finalist at Indian Wells, launches his bid for a first title against Czech qualifier Dalibor Svrcina.
Sinner missed Indian Wells last year serving a suspension for a positive test for banned anabolic steroid clostebol. He returned from that ban to win Wimbledon and the ATP Finals but fell to Djokovic in the Australian Open semi-finals and lost to Jakob Mensik in the quarters at Doha last month.
Sinner's fellow Italian Lorenzo Musetti, seeded fifth, faces a tough opener against Hungarian veteran Marton Fucsovics.
Musetti is playing his first tournament since he retired with a right leg injury while leading 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic by two sets in the Australian Open quarter-finals.
I.Stoeckli--VB
