Matteo Arnaldi and Matteo Gigante conquer the second round of the ATP 1000 tournament of Indian Wellsin California. Arnaldi (n.35) has eliminated the American Aleksandar Kovacevic (n.94) for 6-3 7-5 6-4 and now the Russian n.8 will challenge the world Andrey Rublev. Coming from the qualifications, Giant (n.217) managed to beat the Argentine Sebastian Baez (n.34) in 3-6 6-1 6-4 and in the next round he will find the American N.4 of the world ranking Taylor Fritz.
Instead, the three Italian tennis players Luciano Darderi, Lorenzo Sonego and Giulio Zeppieri did not make it to reach the second round. Darderi surrendered in two sets (3-6 3-6) to the Frenchman Hugo Gaston, while Sonego gave 4-6 5-7 to the Belgian David Goffin and Zeppieri 5-7 1-6 to the Australian Adam Walton. Outside the first in the double Jasmin Paolini and Sara Erraniexceeded 6-4 6-0 by the couple formed by the American Asia Muhammad and the Netherlands Demi Schuurs.