Jannik Sinner follows by way of in his win over Denis Shapovalov throughout their spherical 3 match on the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., March 8, 2026. World No. 2 Jannik Sinner took one other step in his quest for his first title at Indian Wells, dominating Canada’s Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-2 in 73 minutes on Sunday on the BNP Paribas Open.
The Italian superior to the California occasion’s fourth spherical for the fifth time in as many appearances. He made the semifinals in 2023 and 2024 however misplaced to Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz, the present No. 1.
Sinner, the second seed, is 2-1 head-to-head in opposition to Shapovalov, ranked No. 39 on the earth.
“Denis is a excessive quality-player, as we all know,” Sinner stated. “He is an in-form participant, so I am very proud of my efficiency. I attempted to remain stable on the baseline, but additionally a bit extra aggressive within the second set, which helped me. It was a tricky begin for me, however I am proud of how I reacted.”
Sinner transformed 4 of 8 on break-point alternatives, to 1 of 1 for Shapovalov, who had extra unforced errors (25-11) and double faults (7-2). Sinner had the sting in aces (6-2) and gained 85% of his first serves (28 of 33), to 62% (21 of 34) for his opponent.
Whereas Sinner cruised on Sunday, World No. 8 Ben Shelton was upset by fellow American and left-hander Learner Tien 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3 in 2 hours, 9 minutes of their Spherical-of-32 match.
The Twenty fifth-seeded Tien, making the fourth spherical at Indian Wells for the primary time, is now 2-0 at this ATP Tour degree in opposition to Shelton and acknowledged that his opponent has been battling by way of an sickness.
“I simply wish to say, Ben got here out not feeling 100%,” Tien stated. “I do not suppose he is been feeling nice all week, however he is a tremendous competitor and he got here out and gave it his all. So I simply wish to say, large props to him.”
Tien, 20, is from Irvine, Calif., and attended matches at this occasion over a number of years as a baby rising up in Southern California. He referred to as it “actually a full-circle second.”
He really out-aced the hard-serving Shelton, 15-8. That energy got here with extra double faults (10-3), however Tien additionally had extra winners (40-34) as neither participant was capable of break serve greater than as soon as throughout the match.
One other upset got here from unseeded Brazilian Joao Fonseca, age 19, eradicated American Tommy Paul, the twenty third seed, 6-2, 6-3. Czech Jakub Mensik, the twelfth seed, fell to 18th-seeded Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain 6-2, 4-6, 6-2.
Germany’s Alexander Zverev, the fourth seed, prevented an upset by outlasting Twenty eighth-seeded Brandon Nakashima of america 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-4.
No. 9 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime gained an All-Canadian battle with Gabriel Diallo 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3. American Frances Tiafoe, seeded twenty first, obtained the higher of Italian Flavio Cobolli, the fifteenth seed, 6-1, 6-2.
Frenchman Arthur Fils, seeded thirtieth, dispatched Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics 6-3, 7-5.
–Area Degree Media
