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Tsitsipas beaten by Shapovalov at Indian Wells, Fonseca and Yastremska claim wins

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Danny Clark

Published 3 months ago

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.

[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]

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