Alex de Minaurus crashes in Indian Wells while Francisco Cerundolo is running the tables | Tennis

Australian No. 1 Alex de Minauraur was bundled from the BNP Paribas Open in the round of 16 after a shock destruction against Francisco Cerundolo in Indian Wells. The Argentinian surprised an out-of-sorts de Minaurus on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals with a victory of 7-5 6-3 on Wednesday.

The Minaur had his chances against the No. 25 Seed, but could only benefit at three of the 14 breaking points, while Cerundolo sealed all seven after all seven to win in court sets. De Wereld No. 10 found it just as difficult to find its reach from the basic line with 39 casual mistakes and only nine winners about the one -hour and 50 -minute match.

In the first, Cerundolo stored a set point on serve at 5-5 and then used the most of the mistakes of the Minaur to run the tables on the 26-year-old. The minaur beat Cerundolo from the Australian Open in four sets and came into ominous form in this collision as he marched the last 16 without dropping a set But it is the Argentinian that will now continue to a fifth ATP Masters 1000 quarter final.

“I am super happy, I knew it would be a fight today,” said Cerundolo. “Alex is a great player, a hunter. He has a number of great years, a top 10 player and we had a fight in Australia and it went his side, but today I had a competition, another chance and I think I was doing really well. I am super happy to beat a high -quality player and to be in the quarterfinals in Indian Wells. “

The in-shape Cerundolo will be confronted in the last eight a month after reaching an ATP final in Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires with double defending champion Carlos Alcaraz or 14th seed Grigor Dimitrov.

Elsewhere, Jack Draper booked his place in the quarterfinals With a straight victory on the third seed of Taylor Fritz. Draper won seven consecutive matches from late in the first set on the way to a 7-5 6-4 triumph and will then be confronted after the American 11th seed, Brandon Nakashima 7-6 6-1 defeated.