Alejandro Davidovich Fokina from Malaga advanced this Friday to the third round of the Indian Wells tournament. The number 28 in the world ranking, gave no option to the Chinese Yibing Wu and won 6-4 and 6-1 in one hour and 25 minutes of the match.
The Spanish player will face off against the Russian Karen Khachanov, world number thirteen and semifinalist in the last US Open, who beat the German Oscar Otte 6-3 by a double.
For his part, the tennis player from Castellón Roberto Bautista was eliminated in the second round of Indian Wells after losing 7-6(5) and 6-2 in one hour and 45 minutes against the Finnish Emil Ruusuvuori, who will be a rival of the Australian Jordan Thompson in the third round, after he gave the bell by beating the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas.
For her part, the Spanish Cristina Bucsa could not against Coco Gauff, sixth favorite in the women’s circuit, losing 6-2 and 6-4 in one hour and 17 minutes.
In addition, the Murcian Carlos Alcaraz, first favorite in the Californian desert, made his debut this past dawn against the Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis in the match that closed the central program.