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Cana-Chilean Alejandro Tabilo was the only Canadian in action on the men’s side, as Félix Auger-Aliassime awaits a second-round clash with Gaël Monfils that hopefully won’t be as tetchy as their meeting in Laver Cup in Vancouver some years ago.
Tabilo played young and rising Spanish player Rafael Jodar, who had intended to go to play college this this year but, as the top 100 looms, probably made a good call to go it as a full-time pro. Except maybe on this day.
Beyond that, with no seeds in action a lot of the matches eneded up as pretty big dogfights.
Arthur Cazaux, who hadn’t played since retiring in the second round of qualifying in Brisbane with an elbow issue, was in the draw. But he was a late scratch – replaced by lucky loser Vit Kopriva, the No. 1 seed in qualifying.
(Indian Wells is 3 hours behind ET)
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Location: Indian Wells, Calif.
Category: ATP 1000
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: March 4 – 15 2026
Prize Money: $9,415,725
Draws: S96 – D32
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Final results
Singles, first round
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Canadian content
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Qualifiers and lucky losers
[Q] Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) def Valentin Royer (FRA) 64 63
[Q] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) def [Q] Francesco Maestrelli (ITA) 76 (5) 64
Arthur Cazaux (FRA) [LL] Vit Kopriva (CZE) def [WC] Michael Zheng (USA) 76 (1) 75
[Q] Mackenzie McDonald (USA) def Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) 60 61
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Surprises
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) def. Fabian Marozsan (HUN) 64 67 (2) 64
Juan Manuel Cerundolo (ARG) def Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) 76 (33) 67 (5) 63
Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) def Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 76 (6) 76 (4)
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Other results
Sebastian Baez (ARG) def. [Q] Chun-Hsin Tseng (TPE) 63 62
Nuno Borges (POR) def. Emilio Nava (USA) 76 (9) 75
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) def Térence Atmane (FRA) 64 57 64
Jacob Fearnley (GBR) def. Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 63 63
Sebastian Korda (USA) def Francisco Comesana (ARG) 75 60
Kamil Majchrzak (POL) def Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (FRA) 63 16 75
Alex Michelsen (USA) def [Q] Daniel Merida (ESP) 63 64
Kamil Majchrzak (POL) def Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (FRA) 63 16 75
Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ) def [Q] Sho Shimabukuro (JPN) 64 36 62
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