Wawrinka in fourth round at Indian Wells
Stan Wawrinka breezed into the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open and saw another seed removed from his path to the final when lucky loser Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan turned his match against Tomas Berdych upside down.
By : migrator
Update: 2017-03-14 15:51 GMT
The Swiss third seed romped past Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-5 6-3 and will next face Nishioki rather than Berdych after the 21-year-old Japanese overcame a 6-1 5-2 deficit for a stunning 1-6 7-6(5) 6-4 win over the 13th seeded Czech.
Eighth seed Dominic Thiem of Austria made it through to the fourth round by beating Mischa Zverev 6-1 6-4 in less than an hour. Vasek Pospisil’s run in Indian Wells came to an end as he fell to fellow qualifier Dusan Lajovic of Serbia 6-7(4) 6-3 7-5.
Kerber rallies to reach fourth round; Halep out
Second seed Angelique Kerber put on a determined display to rally past France’s Pauline Parmentier 7-5 3-6 7-5 in the scorching desert heat to reach the fourth round.
Kerber, who will reclaim the world number one ranking next week from the absent Serena Williams, reeled off the last three games to take the opener after facing a set point, and was a point from trailing 5-2 in the third before surging to victory.
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