Stefanos Tsitsipas was beaten 7-6 (0), 4-6, 7-6 (5) by Aussie Jordan Thompson in second-round play at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday. (More Tennis News)
The second-seeded Tsitsipas had his shoulder taped and t🧔he injury appeared to affect his backhand.
Jordan took advantage and attacked the Greek's backhand while charging in on short balls to earn his ꦬsecond career win over a top-10 player.
H🌼e polished off Tsitsipas, the 𒀰Australian Open runner-up, in two hours, 37 minutes.
“I felt confident, even playing against a top-10 player I felt comfortable in my own skin and what I was doing, and just snuck out a win,” Jordan said. “It was a great feeling. You could see it on my face at the end of💎 the match. I was overcome with joy.”
Rain delayed play at Indian Wells Tennis Garden and a few fꦕans jumped into action to help dry the hard courts.
No. 3 seed Casper Ruud cruised past Diego Schwartzman 6-2, 🌃6-3. Ruud raced to a 4-1 lead inಞ the first set and won the only break point on his serve with a forehand that clipped the line.
No. 10 seed Cameron Norrie advanced to the third round with a 6-2, 6-4 win over qualifier Wu Tung-Lin of Taiꦕwan.
A handful of seeded men fell. Jason Kubler moved on when No. 21 Grigor Dimitrov retired trailing 2-6, 7-6 (5), 3-0. No. 22 Roberto Bautista Agut lost to Emil Ruusuvuori, 7-6 (5), 6-2. Ilya Ivashka advanced when No. 28 Botic Vaꦍn de Zan🍌dschulp had to retire trailing 7-5, 3-2. No. 29 Yoshihito Nishioka fell to qualifier Cristian Garin, 6-4, 6-0.
In women's play, No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka defeat🔯ed Evgeniya Rodina, 6-2, 6-0.
No. 6 Coco Gauff routed Cristina Bucsa, 6-2, 6-4.
No. 9 Belinda Bencic lost to Jil Teichmann, ꦇ3-6, 6-3, 6-3, and No. 29 Donna Vekic was beaten by Lesia Tsurenko, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2.
No. 11 Veronika Kudermetova defeated Anna Blinkova, 6-3, 6-4♌. Sixteenth-seeded Barbora Krejcikova beat Dayana Yastremska, 6-1, 6-2. No. 24 Jelena Ostapenk☂o got by Aliaksandra Sasnovich, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2.
Rebecca Pe💦terson moved on when No. 22 Zhang Shuai retired at 3-0 in the first set.
