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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. – Félix Auger-Alassime was first up on Stadium 2 on Saturday – a guaranteed start of 11 a.m. (2 p.m. ET) without having to wait for the results of any of the other matches.

He got through, not without his issues.

Beyond that, No. 1 Carlos Alcarar and No. 4 Taylor Fritz, the defending champion, began their campaigns and got through. Fritz had significantly more trouble.

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

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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

Saturday, March 11, 2023
Final results

Singles, second round

Canadian content

[8] Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) def. Pedro Martinez (ESP) 76 (5) 64

Upsets

Marton Fucsovics (HUN) def [16] Alex de Minaur (AUS) 64 62
Alex Molcan (SVK) def [18] Borna Coric (CRO) 63 63
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) def [19] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 64 64
Jack Draper (GBR) def [24] Daniel Evans (GBR) 64 62
[PR] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) def [26] Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) 76 (8) 64

Seeds advancing

[1] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) def. [Q] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) 63 63
[4] Taylor Fritz (USA) def. Ben Shelton (USA) 46 64 63
[7] Holger Rune (DEN) def Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 75 63
[9] Hubert Hurkacz (POL) def. [LL] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 63 63
[11] Jannik Sinner (ITA) def. Richard Gasquet (FRA) 63 76 (2)
[17] Tommy Paul (USA) def. [Q] Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 63 63
[27] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) def [WC] Jack Sock (USA) 46 63 64
[30] Sebastian Baez (ARG) def [Q] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) 63 61
[31] Tallon Griekspoor (NED) def. [PR] Guido Pella (ARG) 76 (3) 76 (4)

Other results

Andy Murray (GBR) def [15] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)  [LL] Radu Albot (MDA) 64 63

Doubles, first round

[4] Nikola Mektic / Mate Pavic (CRO) def [PR] Casper Ruud (NOR) / Dominic Thiem (AUT) 63 63
[5] Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) / Harri Heliovaara (FIN) def. Matwe Middelkoop / Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) 63 36 [10-6]

[WC] Marcos Giron / J.J. Wolf (USA) def [WC] Jannik Sinner / Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) 76 (4) 67 (7) [10-1]
Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) def. [WC] Nathaniel Lammons / Jackson Withrow (USA) 75 64
Frances Tiafoe (USA) / Stan Wawrinka (SUI) def. Roberto Bautista Agut / Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) [ALT] Francisco Cerundolo / Diego Schwartzman (ARG) WALKOVER

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