Kevin Anderson, who climbed to No 5 in the ATP rankings and reached two Grand Slam finals, has announced his retirement from tennis. Photo: Twitter @KAndersonATP
Kevin Anderson beaten by Gael Monfils in Indian Wells
South African star Kevin Anderson suffered a straight sets defeat to French veteran Gael Monfils in Round 3 at the ATP Tour’s Indian Wells tournament.
Kevin Anderson, who climbed to No 5 in the ATP rankings and reached two Grand Slam finals, has announced his retirement from tennis. Photo: Twitter @KAndersonATP
South African star Kevin Anderson suffered a straight sets defeat to French veteran Gael Monfils in Round 3 at the ATP Tour’s Indian Wells tournament in California on Tuesday.
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Monfils, the 14th seed this week, won 7-5, 6-2 in an hour and 39 minutes to set up a clash with third-seeded Germany’s Alexander Zverev.
Zverev beat Andy Murray 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) to book his spot in the fourth round.
Kevin Anderson finds himself ranked at 60th in the world following his exit.
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Meanwhile, Anderson’s compatriot Lloyd Harris also lost in the third round on Monday, going down in a three-set thriller to sixth-seeded Norwegian Casper Ruud.
Ruud prevailed 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-4.
Harris is up to a career-high of 30th in the live ATP Tour rankings.
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Results from the ATP and WTA Indian Wells tournament on Tuesday (x denotes seeding):
Men
Third round
Taylor Fritz (USA x31) bt Matteo Berrettini (ITA x5) 6-4, 6-3
Jannik Sinner (ITA x10) bt John Isner (USA x20) retired
Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO x29) bt Albert Ramos (ESP) 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-2
Karen Khachanov (RUS x24) bt Pablo Carreño-Busta (ESP x12) 6-0, 6-4
Alexander Zverev (GER x3) bt Andy Murray (SCO) 6-4, 7-6 (7/4)
Gael Monfils (FRA x14) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA) 7-5, 6-2
Alex De Minaur (AUS x22) bt Christian Garín (CHI x13) 6-4, 6-2
Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE x2) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA x25) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
Women
Fourth round
Jessica Pegula (USA x19) bt Elina Svitolina (UKR x4) 6-1, 6-1
Jelena Ostapenko (LAT x24) bt Iga Swiatek (POL x2) 6-4, 6-3
Shelby Rogers (USA) bt Leylah Fernandez (CAN x23) 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7/4)
Anett Kontaveit (EST x18) bt Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 6-0, 6-2
Paula Badosa (ESP x21) bt Barbora Krejcíková (CZE x3) 6-1, 7-5
Angelique Kerber (GER x10) bt Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 6-4, 6-1
Victoria Azarenka (BLR x27) bt Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 6-3, 6-4
Ons Jabeur (TUN x12) bt Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) 6-2, 6-2
