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Defending Champion Iga Swiatek toh Indian Wells 3rd Round te

Agencies, 12 March: World number one Iga Swiatek para tai laga bid toh ekta rare Indian Wells title nemite suru korise. Saturday te tai para 56th-ranked American Claire Liu kelaaf 6-0, 6-1 para second-round jetise. 

Defending men’s champion Taylor Fritz kon Spanish superstar Rafael Nadal ke jowa sal laga final te keraise, tai laga second-round opener para jabole dukh koribole ola thaakise. 41st-ranked Ben Shelton ke 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 para jeta thakise.

Fritz toh fourth ase field te world number two Carlos Alcaraz para led, tai toh tai laga campaign against Australian qualifier Thanasi Kokkinaki te scheduled thakise Saurday rati te.

19-omar Spaniard, kon para US Open toh jowa saal jetise, youngest-ever world number one howa thakise. Jokhom powa nemite Australian Open te missed kora thakise.

Tai title toh Buenos Aires te jeta thkise, final te Rio de Janeiro te nakira agae te. Tai ke toh hamstring strain para dekthari powa thakise. Etu para tai toh ATP tournament te charibole ola thakise Acapulco te.

Eighth-seeded Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime aro 11th-seeded Jannik Sinner para safely bonabole para thakise. Auger-Aliassime para Spain’s Pedro Martinez ke 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 para jetise aro Sinner para French veteran Richard Gasquet ke 6-3, 7-6 (7/2) para jetise.