Show at Indian Wells! Three Top 10 players were eliminated on the same day in Round 3 of the competition
Article by David Istrate – Published Tuesday, 10 March 2026, 10:42 / Updated Tuesday, 10 March 2026 10:45
Three ATP Top 10 players were eliminated in the third round at Indian Wells on Monday, March 9. They are the Australian Alex De Minaur (27 years old, 6 ATP), the American Taylor Fritz (28 years old, 7 ATP) and the Kazakh Alexander Bublik (28 years old, 10 ATP).
Not just in the women's competition at Indian Wells, where Mirra Andreeva (18 years old, 8 WTA) and Madison Keys (31 years old, 15 WTA) were eliminated, there were surprises, but also in the men's competition, with three players in the Top 10 losing on the same day.
Alex De Minaur, Taylor Fritz and Alexander Bublik eliminated in the 3rd round at Indian Wells
If Sonay Kartal qualified for the “eighties” after two victories with Emma Navarro and Madison Keys, her compatriot, Cameron Norrie (30 years old, 29 ATP), managed to defeat Alex De Minaur in two sets, score 6-4, 6-4.
Therefore, the British qualified for the round of 16 of Indian Wells, where he will meet another Australian, Rinky Hijikata (25 years old, 117 ATP), who, in turn, managed a surprise in the third round of the competition.
More accurate, Hijikata had an excellent performance against Alexander Bublik and, after two hours and 38 minutes, prevailed 6-7 (3), 7-6 (3), 6-3.
The third surprise of the day was made by the American Alex Michelsen (21 years old, 44 ATP), who defeated compatriot Taylor Fritz 6-4, 7-6 (6). So, the 21-year-old tennis player qualified for the “eights”, where he will meet Daniil Medvedev (30 years old, 11 ATP). In the 3rd round, the Russian defeated the Argentine Sebastian Baez (25 years old, 53 ATP), score 6-4, 6-0.
Two other players in the Top 10 needed 3 sets to qualify for the round of 16 of Indian Wells. It is about the world leader Carlos Alcaraz (22 years old), who beat the Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech (30 years old, 28 ATP) 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-2, and Novak Djokovic (38 years old, 3 ATP), who won 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 against the American Aleksandar Kovacevic (27 years old, 72 ATP).
