[p]Having fallen outside the ATP’s top 40 for the first time since May 2018, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tsitsipas-stefanos/hb6oWfc6/"]Tsitsipas[/a] travelled to the prestigious Masters 1000 event in California needing a morale-boosting tournament.[/p][p]Instead, the 27-year-old suffered a third straight defeat, with Canada's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/shapovalov-denis/zXddgn9o/"]Denis Shapovalov[/a] proving too strong in a topsy-turvy [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/shapovalov-d-zXddgn9o/tsitsipas-s-hb6oWfc6/?mid=CAmokcW9"]6-2, 3-6, 6-4[/a] triumph.[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="c4bd027a-eaee-4902-806d-efb5293a53dc" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="2bb09bea-801c-4290-950f-ccdf05270657" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]Elsewhere, in the men's draw, Brazilian teenager [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fonseca-joao/tv073LUc/"]Joao Fonseca[/a] secured a hard-fought [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/fonseca-j-tv073LUc/raphael-c-xzJGXJ6t/?mid=xvCYS6F7"]7-6(2), 6-4[/a] victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/collignon-raphael/xzJGXJ6t/"]Raphael Collignon[/a], while Italy's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/berrettini-matteo/OhwtM7N8/"]Matteo Berrettini[/a] came from a set down to outlast [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mannarino-adrian/fLOdtByM/"]Adrian Mannarino[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/berrettini-m-OhwtM7N8/mannarino-a-fLOdtByM/?mid=Ewd6s6U0"]4-6, 7-5, 7-5[/a] in just under three hours.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/monfils-gael/fm7G8o0m/"]Gael Monfils[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/brooksby-jenson/MoOtVkbN/"]Jenson Brooksby[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/diallo-gabriel/2TgBLj6G/"]Gabriel Diallo[/a] were among the other notable names to make it through to the second round.[/p][embed guid="55189954-8868-42eb-b5cb-9b4199990b72" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2029418206226510145" social-type="twitter" /][p]On the women's side of the tournament, 2019 champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/andreescu-bianca/KhlPw9hb/"]Bianca Andreescu[/a] - who received a wildcard into the main draw - was beaten in three sets by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rakhimova-kamilla/boU2UKtN/"]Kamilla Rakhimova[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/andreescu-b-KhlPw9hb/rakhimova-k-boU2UKtN/?mid=fa2tJsxB"]6-7(6), 6-0, 6-1[/a].[/p][p]Fellow big names [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stephens-sloane/21U8Dqna/"]Sloane Stephens[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/badosa-paula/Wl76rX3I/"]Paula Badosa[/a] also fell at the first hurdle in California, while Ukraine's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yastremska-dayana/CWtkHlUE/"]Dayana Yastremska[/a] produced an accomplished display to see off [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zhang-shuai/OY0ZExo5/"]Shuai Zhang[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/yastremska-d-CWtkHlUE/zhang-s-OY0ZExo5/?mid=6ePuVGNt"]6-3, 6-2[/a].[/p][p][b]Check out all the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/atp-singles/indian-wells/"]ATP[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/wta-singles/indian-wells/"]WTA[/a] results from Indian Wells via the links.[/b][/p]
Tsitsipas beaten by Shapovalov at Indian Wells, Fonseca and Yastremska claim wins
The rapid decline of former world number three Stefanos Tsitsipas shows no signs of slowing down after the Greek slumped to a disappointing first-round defeat to Denis Shapovalov on Indian Wells' opening day on Wednesday.
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