The early stages of the Indian Wells Masters have certainly indicated so, as sixth seed Novak Djokovic faced an unexpected elimination at the hands of lucky loser Vander Schurp with a score of 1-2. This match marked the exit of four top seeds,

Grigor Dimitrov will compete in the last 16 in Indian Wells for the fourth time in the previous five years. The Bulgarian faced his great friend Gael Monfils in the third round and prevailed 7-6, 4-6,

Taylor Fritz says he is at "80 percent" health-wise but also acknowledges that he expected to have some tough matches early on in Indian Wells after dealing with injury issues last month.

In the opening set, Zhang exhibited remarkable skill and confidence, winning with a score of 6-2. He displayed a strong service game, denying Diallo any break points while successfully breaking serve multiple times.

The Indian Wells Masters continues into the second week with a host of big matches to savour on Monday. In the men's game, British star Jack Draper continues his tournament against Jenson Brooksby in the Round of 32. Lucky Loser Botic van de Zandschulp – who defeated Novak Djokovic at the weekend – faces Francisco Cerundolo.

Daniil Medvedev advanced to the fourth round at the 2025 Indian Wells Open after Alex Michelsen was forced to retire just 10 minutes into their maiden meeting on Sunday due to illness.

In other matches, World No. 4 Taylor Fritz, the Indian Wells champion in 2022, said he "just stopped making super random mistakes" to turn things around in his 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 victory over Chilean Alejandro Tabilo.