On March 5, local time, the ATP/WTA1000 Indian Wells tournament started the first round of singles competition, and four Chinese players were ushered in on the first day of the main event, with Buyun Chaoket and Wang Xinyu winning one after another, and the Chinese mainland Army's recent tour singles main draw ten consecutive defeats ended here. Yuan Yue's match against Zhang Zhizhen will be played later.

On Centre Court, Buyun Chaokert defeated wildcard 19-year-old local debutant Basa Valedi 7-5, 6-4 for his second main draw win at the Masters since Shanghai 2023 and his fourth ATP Tour victory of the season.

Buyun Chokert won his second win in the Masters

Speaking after the game, Buyunchaoket said: "It's my first time at Indian Wells, and it's playing Centre Court, so I'm nervous but excited at the same time. He's a very young Next Gen player, we know each other very well, we used to train together a lot at the Challenge, we both played at a high level and I'm very proud of my performance. ”

Commenting on his goals for the year, Buyunchaokert is currently ranked No.67 in the immediate rankings and said: "My goal is to finish in the top 50 and I see some opportunities because most of the points I have to keep are in the second half of the year, so I'm going to keep pushing myself and enjoy every day." "After last year's semi-finals, we flew together to Shanghai and I hope I'll enjoy the match," said Byunchaokert, who will face fifth seed Dmitry Medvedev in the second round. ”

Wang Xinyu

Wang Xinyu defeated Egypt's Sherif 6-4, 7-5 to advance to the women's singles round, ending a three-game losing streak in singles on tour and winning the first round in Indian Wells for the third consecutive year. Wang Xinyu's next opponent is 26th seed and former French Open champion Ostapenko, who has only met once in St. Petersburg 2022, when Wang lost in two sets.

Zheng Qinwen's opening opponent of the tournament was Azarenka, former world number one and two-time champion Azarenka defeated local qualifier Clevy Ngunu 6-4, 7-6(7) to advance to the second round. Zheng Qinwen and Azarenka have played each other twice before (Adelaide 2023 and Miami 2024), and the Belarusians have won both of them, can China's Golden Flower get off to a good start in Indian Wells and end a three-game losing streak? Let's wait and see.

(Text, Editor/Faye Wong, Photo/Visual China)