Indian Wells Day 2 2024: Monfils Dominates, Wawrinka Struggles

Day two in Indian Wells is full, and with extra rain, there are nonetheless six round-one matches left to be accomplished on Friday.

With the seeded gamers but to become involved, most matches are comparatively extensive open, however there have been some shock wins.

Dusan Lajovic, taking out Emil Ruusuvuori and Juncheng Shang, defeating Los Cabos champion Jordan Thompson, who appeared powerless within the sluggish, heavy situations have been two winners I wouldn’t have predicted.

There have been additionally two maiden Masters 1000 wins. Wildcard Jakub Mensik’s breakthrough season continued with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Seongchan Hong, whereas Alex Michelsen recorded a 6-2, 6-3 win over Jaume Munar.

You possibly can see the total outcomes from day two under.

Day Two 2024 BNP Paribas Open Spherical of 128 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Borna Coric
Sebastian Ofner
6-2 3-6 6-0

Arthur Fils
Nuno Borges
7-6(5) 6-2

Fabio Fognini (WC)
Bernabe Zapata Miralles
4-6 6-2 6-3

Patrick Kypson (WC)
Ethan Quinn (Q)
6-1 7-6(1)

Dusan Lajovic
Emil Ruusuvuori
7-5 6-2

Fixed Lestienne (Q)
Denis Kudla (Q)
3-6 6-2 6-4

Tomas Machac
Stan Wawrinka
7-6(3) 4-6 6-2

Jakub Mensik (WC)
Seongchan Hong (Q)
6-3 6-4

Alex Michelsen
Jaume Munar
6-2 6-3

Gael Monfils
Max Purcell
6-1 6-2

Lucas Pouille (Q)
Daniel Altmaier
6-4 6-3

Milos Raonic (PR)
Sumit Nagal (LL)
6-3 6-3

Roman Safiullin
Daniel Evans
6-1 5-7 6-2

Thiago Seyboth Wild (Q)
Jeffrey John Wolf
6-2 6-1

Juncheng Shang (Q)
Jordan Thompson
6-2 6-3

Lorenzo Sonego
Miomir Kecmanovic
7-6(1) 6-4

Aleksandar Vukic
Shintaro Mochizuki (Q)
7-6(4) 7-6(6)

Matteo Arnaldi
Luca Van Assche
7-6(6) 7-6(3)

Safiullin Sinks Evans

Like Murray and Norrie, Dan Evans is one other Brit with an inauspicious begin to 2024. He has simply two wins up to now, and he fell 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 to Roman Safiullin.

Considered one of his wins this yr was towards the Russian a few weeks in the past in Los Cabos, however the world quantity 42 avenged that loss with a cushty victory within the desert.

Evans appeared out of types all through, seemingly battling a shoulder downside he known as the coach for. His sluggish begin meant he was all the time behind within the scoreboard.

Monfils Makes Spectacular Begin

Gael Monfils recorded a dominant 6-1, 6-2 victory over Australia’s Max Purcell to set a second-round conflict with No. 8-seeded Hubert Hurkacz.

The 37-year-old Frenchman has began the yr with some first rate wins, and he’s now again within the prime 50 after his rating tumbled resulting from damage, which saved him out of the game for nearly a yr.

Purcell is normally a tough buyer, however his wily serve and volley performs have been picked aside within the Indian Wells situations. Monfils broke 5 occasions within the match and dropped simply three video games.

Wawrinka Muted by Machac

Whereas it was excellent news for one veteran, former Indian Wells finalist Stan Wawrinka couldn’t mirror Monfils as he succumbed to a 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-2 to Tomas Machac.

As a fan, Stan’s matches of late are tremendous annoying to look at as he fights tooth and nail and fills the spotlight reel with ridiculous backhands however sometimes comes up brief within the third set like at this time.

I hope he can catch hearth at a match this yr, however he’s 1-4 in 2024.

Different Matches of Observe

Indian Wells Day 3 Spherical of 128 and 64 Matches

Spherical of 128

Spherical of 64