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Some quality in the IW qualies on Monday, with Lloyd Harris in, Chris Eubanks, Cristian Garin, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Zheng Zhizhen and many more.

Quebecers Alexis Galarneau and Gabriel Diallo would have squeezed into the qualifying in the end. But they chose the sure thing at the Puerto Vallarta Challenger.

The last two in – Roberto Marcora (with a PR of 216 – he got in when Novak Djokovic withdrew, and Nikoloz Basilashvili moved up to the main draw) and alterate Stefan Kozlov (ranked No. 222) drew … each other.
Can’t ask for a sweeter draw than that.

(Indian Wells is on PT, three hours behind ET).

WTA Indian Wells – Monday, March 6, 2023 final results

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BNP Paribas Open
Location: Indian Wells, Calif. (ATP 1000)
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: March 6 – 19, 2023
Prize money: $10,143,750
Draw size: S96 / D32

Monday, March 6, 2023
Final results
Qualifying, first round

Stadium 2

1. Maximilian Marterer (GER) def [10] Christopher Eubanks (USA) 46 75 63
2. [7] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) def. [PR] Bradley Klahn (USA) 64 76 (3)
3. [9] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) def [PR] Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 76 (5) 63
4. [WC] Zachary Svajda (USA) def [21] Steve Johnson (USA) 46 64 76 (4)
5. Alexandre Muller (FRA) def [3] Denis Kudla (USA) 64 16 75
3. [WC] Tennys Sandgren (USA) def [1] Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 62 41 retd

Stadium 3

6. [16] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) def Felipe Meligeni Alves (BRA) 64 60 retd

Stadium 5

1. Emilio Nava (USA) def [23] Pavel Kotov (RUS) 75 67 (2) 63
2. [22] Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) def Geoffrey Blancaneaux (FRA) 64 62
3. [8] Cristian Garin (CHI) def. [WC] Learner Tien (USA) 75 76 (7)
4. Juncheng Shang (CHN) def [14] Yosuke Watanuki (JPN) 76 (1) 76 (3)
5. [19] Leandro Riedi (SUI) def [WC] Alex Michelsen (USA) 63 67 (6) 62

Stadium 7

1. [12] Francesco Passaro (ITA) def. [WC] Mitchell Krueger (USA) 64 46 60
2. [17] Taro Daniel (JPN) def. Nick Hardt (DOM) 57 61 64
3. [13] Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) def. Lloyd Harris (RSA) 64 63
4. Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) def [5] Christopher O’Connell (AUS) 63 57 75
5. Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) def [4] Emilio Gomez (ECU) 62 26 62

Stadium 8

6. Pablo Andujar (ESP) def [2] Nuno Borges (POR) 36 63 62

Stadium 9

1. Tung-Lin Wu (TPE) def [15] Alexander Shevchenko (RUS) 62 67 (5) 63
2. [11] Radu Albot (MDA) def Mattia Bellucci (ITA) 63 64
3. [24] Filip Misolic (AUT) def. Joao Sousa (POR) 76 (8) 26 63
4. [6] Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) def Elias Ymer (SWE) 63 76 (6)
5. [PR] Roberto Marcora (ITA) def [ALT] Stefan Kozlov (USA) 61 63
6. [18] Borna Gojo (CRO) def Andrea Collarini (ARG) 62 62