The best classified tennis player from Australia, Alex de Minaur, has reached the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.
The world number 10, which is sown ninth for the ATP 1000 event in the California desert, won an impressive 6-4, 6-0 victory over Hubert Hurkacz.
The booty had been shared in a victory each in previous meetings, with the post taking out its most recent shock in 2019 in Red Clay in Madrid.
After a good -round goodbye and a victory in the straight sets over the Belgian veteran David Goffin, from Minaur, he first broke into the seventh game of the opening set, before taking it with his only fixing point.
The second stanza was all of Minaur, breaking the seed number 21 again in the first, third and fifth games to seal the contest in just 74 minutes.
From Minaur, 26, is the only remaining Australian who is in the raffle after compatriots Nick Kyrgios, Jordan Thompson, Chris O’Connell, Alexei Popyrin, Alexanandar Vukic, Rhinky Hijikata, Li Tu and Adam Walton were eliminated at the beginning of the week.
The winner of the nine times will face Francisco Cerundolo of 25ยบ Sembro, after the Argentine Botic Van de Zandschulp 7-5, 6-4.
On the other hand on Monday, Jack Draper survived an early scare to overcome Jenson Brooksby 7-5, 6-4 and reserve his place in the last 16 for the second time in his career.
“Jenson is an unorthodox player, makes life really difficult,” said 23 -year -old British number one at Atptour.com after throwing his racket during a burst of the first set.
“I don’t facilitate the rhythm. I had a slow start, I lost a couple of opportunities from the beginning. But I’m glad the way I fought and competed.
“Although today it was not my best tennis, I am very happy with the way I did my best to stay fresh.”
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