Tsitsipas’s hopes of taking over the world number one ranking with an Indian Wells title ended in a second-round loss to Australian Jordan Thompson
Stefanos Tsitsipas’s hopes of taking over the world number one ranking with an Indian Wells title ended in a 7-6 4-6 7-6 second-round loss to Australian Jordan Thompson on Friday.
But his overly aggressive play in the breaker, including a forehand on match point that missed the line by the slimmest of margins, was his undoing. Norrie, the 2021 champion, broke Wu four times en route to the win and will next face either Italy’s Matteo Berrettini or Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel, who play later on Friday.The 10th seed is off to a terrific start this year having beaten world number two Carlos Alcaraz in the Rio Open final last month to claim his fifth singles title.
“Everything sort of went my way,” said Ruud, who now has four wins and five losses against the Argentine.
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