Week 2 underway at Indian Wells for 2023 BNP Paribas Open
It's week 2 at the BNP Paribas Open, taking place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
Follow along for LIVE scoring and order of play of the 2023 tournament.
Americans Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul both won their respective third round match to advance the round of 16.
Defending tournament champion Fritz rolled in straights past Sebastian Baez inside Stadium 1, winning 6-1, 6-2.
Fritz flies on 💯
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The defending champ breezes by Baez 6-1, 6-2 in just over an hour.#TennisParadise pic.twitter.com/GoeJVPTlfA
Paul had battle back after dropping the first set but ended up rallying to upset No. 9 seeded Hubert Hurkacz.
🇺🇸 Hometown homerun 🇺🇸
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Tommy Paul closes it out def. Hurkacz 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. Next up he faces the winner of Auger-Aliassime vs Cerundolo in R16. #TennisParadise | @TommyPaul1 pic.twitter.com/8Z5iI60Evk
The 25-year-old from New Jersey is through to the round of 16.
Top seed and World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz won the night match, punching his ticket to the round of 16.
Claiming the last spot in the final 16 👏#TennisParadise | @carlosalcaraz pic.twitter.com/wXsH1AKioh
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Also worth mentioning, Stan Wawrinka continues his run in the desert, back at the BNP Paribas Open for the first time since 2019.
👱♂️👈#TennisParadise | @stanwawrinka pic.twitter.com/fdWJcwHoSH
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The 37-year-old Swiss outlasted 19-year-old Holger Rune in a testy three-setter inside Stadium 2.
16 left...
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🇪🇸 Alcaraz vs Draper 🇬🇧
🇺🇸 Paul vs Auger-Aliassime 🇨🇦
🇺🇸 Fritz vs Fucsovics 🇭🇺
🇮🇹 Sinner vs Wawrinka 🇨🇭
Medvedev vs Zverev 🇩🇪
🇪🇸 Davidovich Fokina vs Garin 🇨🇱
Rublev vs Norrie 🇬🇧
🇺🇸 Tiafoe vs Tabilo 🇨🇱#TennisParadise
On the women's side, there were a handful of matches on Monday that saw wins from Swiatek, Raducanu, Garcia and others.
The last 16...
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🇵🇱 Swiatek vs Raducanu 🇬🇧
🇷🇴 Cirstea vs Garcia 🇫🇷
🇨🇿 Vondrousova vs Muchova 🇨🇿
🇰🇿 Rybakina vs Gracheva
🇬🇷 Sakkari vs Pliskova 🇨🇿
🇨🇿 Kvitova vs Pegula 🇺🇸
🇺🇸 Gauff vs Peterson 🇸🇪
🇨🇿 Krejcikova vs Sabalenka#TennisParadise
Also, our local tennis star Desirae Krawczyk and her doubles partner Demi Schuurs lost in the round of 16 on Monday.
Krawczyk played her high school tennis at Palm Desert and then at Arizona State for college. She is a four-time mixed doubles grand slam champion.
News Channel 3's Blake Arthur and Bailey Arredondo will have complete coverage of this year's tournament.