On March 9, local time, the top 16 seats in the men's singles upper half of the ATP Indian Wells Masters were produced. In a third-round match, eighth seed Tsitsipas defeated Italy's Berrettini 6-3, 6-3 to make it to the last 16 for the second year in a row with five wins from six meetings between the pair, and fourth-round clash with 12th seed Rune, who defeated 18th seed Amber 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 in three sets. Fifth seed Medvedev retired due to illness as he took a 2-0 lead over Mikkelsen, who will face 10th seed Paul, who beat former tournament champion Norrie 6-3, 7-5, in the fourth round.

Tsitsipas

The two "dark horses" who eliminated the big seeds in the last round continued to move forward, with the Netherlands' Grispoel beating 29th seed Perricard 7-6(3), 6-3, and in the fourth round he faced Japan's Yosuke Miankan, who upset local sensation and 16th seed Tiafoe 6-4, 7-6(6). Homegrown Geelong came back from behind to beat 26th seed Poplin 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 to set up a fourth-round clash with 20th seed Fess, who beat 15th seed Musetti 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-3.

Men's Singles Top Half Round of 16:

Gricosp vs Yosuke Mikan[Q]

Tsitsipas[8] v Rune[12]

Fez [20] vs Geelong

Medvedev[5] vs Paul[10]

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