Sascha confirmed that he did not have a particularly positive feeling with the first Masters 1000 of the season and was immediately eliminated by Tallon Griekspoor, who took advantage of the chance available to him to take another very significant victory after beating Daniil Medvedev in Dubai.

Carlos Alcaraz started his Indian Wells title defence by reuniting with arguably the biggest hero of last year's tournament. Twelve months ago, the Spaniard's quarter-final match was suspended for almost two hours when a swarm of bees invaded the main stadium court and took a liking to the moving spidercam.

Carlos Alcaraz cruised to a 6-4 6-2 win against France's Quentin Halys to get his Indian Wells title defence underway.

Daniil Medvedev breezed through his Indian Wells opener on Saturday before the Russian tennis star sent a pointed message in the direction of Carlos Alcaraz. In his first match at the tournament in the United States,

Carlos Alcaraz got his Indian Wells title defence off to a flying start with a 6-4, 6-2 win against France’s Quentin Halys. Alcaraz has won the last two editions of the Indian Wells tournament, but he expressed his surprise that a new surface had been laid for this year’s event.