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The Chilean will face Fritz in the third round of Indian Wells

March 08, 2025

The first victory of the season for Alejandro Tabilo took to arrive, but he has done it big at the BNP Paribas Open of Indian Wells, where this Saturday took a ticket for the third round.

The standard head condition No. 30 allowed the Chilean to start its journey in the first ATP Masters 1000 of the course directly in the second round and took the opportunity to advance in front of Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 7-5 in one hour and 32 minutes.

Tabilo managed to cut a streak of seven losses in a row in the ATP Tour and release his matches of matches won this year after his passage through Brisbane, Auckland, open of Australia, Buenos Aires, Río de Janeiro and Santiago.

No. 31 of the PIF ATP Rankings did not win a meeting since last October, precisely in ATP Masters 1000 territory in Paris-Bercry. And it is that Tabilo presents a 16-12 record in the tournaments of this category, while in Indian Wells his balance is 6-3. It is the second time that it reaches the third round (also in 2023).

The Chilean closed its first staging in this edition of Indian Wells with six direct serves, 73% of points won with the first service and 2 breaks converted into four opportunities, according to the Infosys ATP statistics.

Now, Tabilo will be measured with the head of series No. 3 and champion in 2022, Taylor Fritz, who beat the Italian from the previous phase, Matteo Gigante, 6-3, 7-5 in one hour and 28 minutes.

No. 1 American participates for the ninth time in the main picture of Indian Wells, being its most prominent moment the 2022 edition when it was crowned as a champion. However, he is the only active player who knows what an ATP Masters 1000 title is to lift.

Fritz, after his victory this Saturday, is 10-0 in front of players classified outside the Top 100 of the PIF ATP Rankings since he lost to No. 215 Mochizuki in Tokyo 2023.

The American dominates the Lexus ATP Head2head before a 3-0 tabil. Last year they faced in the second round of Indian Wells, with triumph 7-6 (2), 6-2 for Fritz. The Chilean has not yet been able to snatch a set from the American (7-0).