Stefanos Tsitsipas was crushed 7-6 (0), 4-6, 7-6 (5) by Aussie Jordan Thompson in second-round play on the BNP Paribas Open on Friday.
The second-seeded Tsitsipas had his shoulder taped and the harm appeared to have an effect on his backhand.
Jordan took benefit and attacked the Greek’s backhand whereas charging in on brief balls to earn his second profession win over a top-10 participant.
He polished off Tsitsipas, the Australian Open runner-up, in two hours, 37 minutes.
“I felt confident, even playing against a top-10 player I felt comfortable in my own skin and what I was doing, and just snuck out a win,” Jordan stated. “It was a great feeling. You could see it on my face at the end of the match. I was overcome with joy.” Rain delayed play at Indian Wells Tennis Garden and some followers jumped into motion to assist dry the hardcourts.
No. 3 seed Casper Ruud cruised previous Diego Schwartzman 6-2, 6-3. Ruud raced to a 4-1 lead within the first set and gained the one break level on his serve with a forehand that clipped the road.
No. 10 seed Cameron Norrie superior to the third spherical with a 6-2, 6-4 win over qualifier Wu Tung-Lin of Taiwan.
A handful of seeded males fell. Jason Kubler moved on when No. 21 Grigor Dimitrov retired trailing 2-6, 7-6 (5), 3-0. No. 22 Roberto Bautista Agut misplaced to Emil Ruusuvuori, 7-6 (5), 6-2. Ilya Ivashka superior when No. 28 Botic Van de Zandschulp needed to retire trailing 7-5, 3-2. No. 29 Yoshihito Nishioka fell to qualifier Cristian Garin, 6-4, 6-0.
In ladies’s play, No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka defeated Evgeniya Rodina, 6-2, 6-0.
No. 6 Coco Gauff routed Cristina Bucsa, 6-2, 6-4.
No. 9 Belinda Bencic misplaced to Jil Teichmann, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, and No. 29 Donna Vekic was crushed by Lesia Tsurenko, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2.
No. 11 Veronika Kudermetova defeated Anna Blinkova, 6-3, 6-4. Sixteenth-seeded Barbora Krejcikova beat Dayana Yastremska, 6-1, 6-2. No. 24 Jelena Ostapenko acquired by Aliaksandra Sasnovich, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2.
Rebecca Peterson moved on when No. 22 Zhang Shuai retired at 3-0 within the first set.