The seeded gamers have entered the fold on the 2024 BNP Paribas Open, and Carlos Alcaraz acquired his title defence underway with a 5-7 6-0 6-1 win over Matteo Arnaldi.
Joint match favorite within the betting, Jannik Sinner additionally delivered a bagel en path to his 6-3 6-0 win over Thanasi Kokkinakis.
There have been additionally stable straight-set wins for Andrey Rublev, Sascha Zverev, Alex de Minaur, and Stefanos Tsitsipas. Simply two of the fifteen seeds in motion weren’t capable of make progress: Karen Khachanov fell to the harmful Thiago Seyboth Wild, whereas Fabian Marozsan took out twenty fourth seed Nicolas Jarry.
You’ll be able to see the complete listing of outcomes beneath, together with the delayed spherical of 128 matches that at the moment are accomplished.
Day Three 2024 BNP Paribas Open Spherical of 128 and 64 Outcomes

Spherical of 128
Winner
Loser
Scoreline
Roberto Carballes Baena
Flavio Cobolli
6-4 6-4
Lukas Klein (Q)
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran (Q)
7-6(8) 6-4
Alexandre Muller (Q)
Hugo Grenier (Q)
7-6(5) 7-5
Denis Shapovalov (PR)
Botic van de Zandschulp
6-1 6-4
Alejandro Tabilo
Pavel Kotov
4-6 6-3 7-5
Zhizhen Zhang
Aleksandar Kovacevic (WC)
6-2 7-6(3) 7-5
Spherical of 64
Winner
Loser
Scoreline
Carlos Alcaraz (2)
Matteo Arnaldi
5-7 6-0 6-1
Jannik Sinner (3)
Thanasi Kokkinakis
6-3 6-0
Andrey Rublev (5)
Andy Murray
7-6(3) 6-1
Alexander Zverev (6)
Christopher O’Connell
6-4 6-4
Alex de Minaur (10)
Taro Daniel
6-1 6-2
Stefanos Tsitsipas (11)
Lucas Pouille (Q)
6-3 6-2
Thiago Seyboth Wild (Q)
Karen Khachanov (15)
6-1 7-5
Ben Shelton (16)
Jakub Mensik (WC)
4-6 6-3 6-4
Frances Tiafoe (17)
Dusan Lajovic
6-3 6-3
Alexander Bublik (20)
Juncheng Shang (Q)
6-4 6-1
Francisco Cerundolo (22)
Alexander Shevchenko
6-2 3-1 ret.
Fabian Marozsan
Nicolas Jarry (24)
3-6 7-5 6-4
Jan-Lennard Struff (25)
Borna Coric
3-7 6-2 7-6(9)
Tallon Griekspoor (28)
Yannick Hanfmann
6-3 6-3
Felix Auger-Aliassime (31)
Fixed Lestienne (Q)
6-4 6-1
Jiri Lehecka (32)
Brandon Nakashima (WC)
3-6 6-3 6-4
Alcaraz Hits Again to See Off Arnaldi

Carlos Alcaraz recovered from a set right down to see off Matteo Arnaldi 6-7(5), 6-0, 6-1 to kick off his title defence marketing campaign.
The gifted Italian, who stunned Casper Ruud at the very least years Madrid Open, made a formidable begin on Stadium 1 courtroom, however Alcaraz reeled him in, chopping the errors en path to profitable 9 straight video games.
Barring the Netflix Slam Exhibition, the Spaniard hasn’t performed since rolling his ankle in Rio, however he confirmed no indicators of damage as his motion was pedal to the metallic.
I needed to change only a few issues. I made a couple of errors within the first set. I needed to put in additional first serves within the second and third units, and I believe that was a giant key to bettering my degree a little bit bit, to being within the rallies—lengthy rallies as effectively—to getting the rhythm, and I’m actually glad to get it on the finish. Alcaraz on his win over Arnaldi.
Sinner Sinks Kokkinakis

Jannik Sinner has now gained 26 of his final 27 matches, and he confirmed extra dominance in his opening-round victory over Thansi Kokkinakis.
The Aussie, who made the fourth spherical again in 2015 and had a formidable win over Marcos Giron in his opening spherical, had little reply for Sinner’s rasping groundstrokes as he fell to a 6-3, 6-0 loss.
After heading off a break level at 2-2 within the opener, Sinner by no means regarded again, taking cost along with his forehand and exhibiting glorious defence from his backhand, profitable the ultimate 9 video games of the match to set a tie with Jan-Lennard Struff, who saved match factors within the third set tie break in opposition to Borna Coric.
It was a bit breezy right now, so it was powerful to play, particularly at first as a result of it’s my first match right here. I believe I may be very glad. He’s an excellent opponent and an excellent participant. He serves actually, actually large. You all the time can set objective after objective after which if you attain one objective, attempt to work onerous for the following objective,” Sinner stated. “I really feel like I nonetheless have to enhance many issues. Beginning on the courtroom, the serve I even have to enhance and attempt to combine up the sport. We labored earlier than coming right here quite a bit within the fitness center. These are the issues that push me to do higher and hopefully, I can present this additionally on the courtroom. Sinner on his win and targets after his maiden Slam win.
Different Matches of Notice
Rublev Too Robust for Murray: Murray had an early scare, having to avoid wasting 4 set factors within the opener (4-5 0/40 and one within the tiebreak), however he pulled clear within the second to win 7-6(3), 6-1.
Zverev Overcomes O’Connell: The Aussie generally is a difficult buyer for Zverev, as he confirmed final yr in Munich, however the sixth seed’s heavier photographs from the baseline proved decisive in a 6-4, 6-4 win in a single hour, 56 minutes.
De Minaur Maintains Type: The Tenth-seeded highway runner is likely one of the in-form gamers this season and took out Taro Daniel 6-1, 6-2 in simply 58 minutes.
Tsitsipas Finds Groove: Together with his new platform stance serve, Stefanos Tsitsipas didn’t face a break level as he took out qualifier Lucas Pouille 6-3, 6-2. Frances Tiafoe awaits the Greek in spherical 3.
Shelton Fights Previous Mensik: The large-serving American scored a comeback win, seeing off Jakub Mensik 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to beat a youthful opponent on tour for the primary time.
Indian Wells Day 4 Spherical of 64 Matches

Patrick Kypson (WC) vs Ugo Humbert (14)
Adrian Mannarino (21) vs Tomas Machac
Cameron Norrie (28) vs Lorenzo Sonego
Milos Raonic (PR) vs Holger Rune (7)
Arthur Fils vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (23)
Alexandre Muller (Q) vs Grigor Dimitrov (13)
Zhizhen Zhang vs Tomas Martin Etcheverry (30)
Zhizhen Zhang vs Luca Nardi
Taylor Fritz (12) vs Alejandro Tabilo
Roman Safiullin vs Sebastian Korda (29)
Fabio Fognini (WC) vs Sebastian Baez (19)
Lorenzo Musetti (26) vs Denis Shapovalov (PR)
Novak Djokovic (1) vs Aleksandar Vukic
Tommy Paul (17) vs Alex Michelsen
Casper Ruud (9) vs Lukas Klein (Q)
Gael Monfils vs Hubert Hurkacz (8)
Daniil Medvedev (4) vs Roberto Carballes Baena
Which matches have you ever loved at Indian Wells to this point? Who’s your decide for the title?