Auger-Aliassime, Fernandez advance to 3rd round at Indian Wells | CBC Sports

Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime and Leylah Fernandez are on to the next round of the Indian Wells Masters tournament.

Montrealer Auger-Aliassime beat Spain’s Pedro Martinez 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the round of 64 of the men’s single’s tournament on Saturday in Indian Wells, Calif.

Fernandez of Laval, Que., then dispatched Emma Navarro of the United States 6-2, 6-4 in the women’s bracket.

Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., played American Peyton Stearns later Saturday in the women’s singles tournament.

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Montreal’s Auger-Aliassime advances to Indian Wells 3rd round with straight sets victory

Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal defeats Spain’s Pedro Martinez 7-6(5), 6-4 in the second round at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif.

Auger-Aliassime rallied despite being down a break in the first set.

He smashed 10 aces to Martinez’s none, but went 2 for 17 on break points.

The eighth-seeded Auger-Aliassime will face Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo or American wild card Jack Sock in the next round.

Fernandez had two aces to Navarro’s none, winning 5 of 12 break points to the American’s 2 of 4.

Fernandez will face the winner of a match between France’s Caroline Garcia and Hungary’s Dalma Galfi.

Raducanu also through

Emma Raducanu knocked out Polish 20th seed Magda Linette 7-6(3) 6-2 to notch her biggest win since triumphing at the U.S. Open in 2021.

The 20-year-old Briton fell into a 4-1 first set hole but rallied from there, dictating points with her forehand to push Linette deep into the court.

She sealed the win by whipping a forehand winner down the line to bring the fans to their feet on a warm and windy day in the Southern California desert.

Elsewhere, Czech Karolina Muchova scored an impressive 7-6(1) 6-3 win in her tournament debut over two-time champion Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Czech Marketa Vondrousova crushed her compatriot, the 28th-seeded Marie Bouzkova, 6-1 6-1.

On the men’s side, Italian 11th seed Jannik Sinner beat Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-3 7-6(2) and Jack Draper won an all-British battle against 24th seed Dan Evans 6-4 6-2.

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Early exit at Indian Wells by Canada’s Denis Shapovalov

France’s Ugo Humbert defeated Denis Shapovalov in straight sets 7-5, 6-4 eliminating the Richmond Hill, Ontario native at the PNB Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California.