INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Canada’s Denis Shapovalov superior to the third of the BNP Paribas Open with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Australia’s Adam Walton on Saturday.
The Richmond Hill, Ont., native went 5-for-6 on his break level alternatives and received 67 per cent of his first-serve factors.
The No. 27 seed held Walton to only two break level conversions on 10 probabilities and the Australian solely received 55 per cent of his first-serve factors.
Shapovalov will face No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain subsequent.
Earlier, No. 17 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime fell 6-4, 6-2 to Jenson Brooksby of the USA in second-round motion.
The Montreal native had simply two aces and three double faults and failed to interrupt on his two probabilities. He additionally received 67 per cent of his first-serve factors.
Brooksby, in the meantime, had one ace and three double faults however went 3-for-6 on break level alternatives. He additionally received 79 per cent of his first-serve factors.
Auger-Aliassime, who had a bye into the second spherical, was coming off a last look on the Dubai Tennis Championships final week.
Within the ladies’s match, No. 27 seed Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., misplaced a three-hour, 13-minute ladies’s singles match in opposition to Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian on Saturday evening.
The Canadian received the primary set 7-5, then misplaced 7-6 (5), 6-3.
Each gamers completed with three aces. Fernandez had two double faults, 24 unforced errors and 21 winners. Cristian had 5 double faults, 16 unforced errors and 7 winners.
Fernandez has dropped the primary match she’s performed on the previous two tournaments.
