Australians Jordan Thompson and Jason Kubler are halted of their third-round matches at Indian Wells.
Indian Wells, USA , 13 March 2023 | Vivienne Christie
Jordan Thompson’s stellar run on the ATP 1000 match at Indian Wells has ended, with the Australian falling to Chilean qualifier Alejandro Tabilo within the third spherical.
Countryman Jason Kubler additionally exited the celebrated match, with No.14 seed Frances Tiafoe a straight-sets winner of their earlier match.
Thompson was aiming to construct on a seven-match win streak on American soil, after lifting the trophy on the ATP Challenger in Rome, Georgia, in his earlier match.
The 28-year-old had additionally claimed headline-grabbing wins over former top-10 star Gael Monfils and No.2 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas within the Californian desert however couldn’t keep his kind in opposition to the qualifier.
The decided Tabilo, who at world No.187 is ranked 100 locations decrease than Thompson, stamped his early authority as he defended a trio of breakpoints in his second service sport then broke to take a 4-2 lead.
When the left-hander went on to safe the opening set, Thompson commenced a comeback by taking a 3-0 lead within the second set. However Tabilo refused to give up, recovering from a 1-4 deficit and saving a set level within the 10th sport.
Thompson held three additional set factors when the match progressed to a tiebreak however grew more and more frusrated when he was uanble to transform. His 25-year-old was composed in contrast as he closed out victory after an hour and 47 minutes.
Earlier, Jason Kubler was unable to cease the cost of No.16 seed Tiafoe, who struck 9 aces and 20 whole winners in a 6-3 6-2 victory.
There was higher information for Australian Storm Hunter, who mixed with Belgium’s Elise Mertens to assert a 7-6(2) 6-3 win over Paola Badosa and Elena Rybakina within the first spherical of the ladies’s doubles.
John Friends, competing alongside Brit Dan Evans within the males’s doubles, exited to Michael Venus and Jamie Murray.
TODAY’S RESULTS
Males’s singles, third spherical
[Q] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) d Jordan Thompson (AUS) 6-3 7-6(6)
[14] Frances Tiafoe (USA) d Jason Kubler (AUS) 6-3 6-2
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Ladies’s doubles, first spherical
[6] Storm Hunter (AUS)/Elise Mertens (BEL) d Paula Badosa (ESP)/Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 7-6(2) 6-3
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Males’s doubles, second spherical
Jamie Murray (GBR)/Michael Venus (NZL) d John Friends (AUS)/Dan Evans (GBR) 3-6 7-6(3) [10-6]
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Ladies’s doubles, second spherical
[6] Storm Hunter (AUS)/Elise Mertens (BEL) v Danielle Collins (USA)/Peyton Stearns (USA)
[8] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v Shuko Aoyama (JPN)/Ena Shibahara (JPN)
COMING UP
Males’s doubles, second spherical
Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)/Hubert Hurkacz (POL)
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