Kevin Anderson charges into Round 3 in Indian Wells

South African tennis star Kevin Anderson has reached the third round at the ATP Tour’s Indian Wells tournament in the California desert.

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Anderson beat 17th-seeded Italian Lorenzo Sonego in two tough tiebreakers, winning 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (7/3).

The match lasted two hours and nine minutes.

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Anderson, who moved up to 60th place in the live tennis rankings following his victory, will take on 14th-seeded Frenchman Gael Monfils in the next round on Tuesday.

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Meanwhile, Anderson’s compatriot Lloyd Harris faces sixth-seeded Norwegian Casper Ruud in his third round match later on Monday.

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Results from the ATP and WTA Indian Wells tournament on Sunday (x denotes seed):

Second round

Matteo Berrettini (ITA x5) bt Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) 6-4, 7-5

Taylor Fritz (USA x31) bt Brandon Nakashima (USA) 6-3, 6-4

John Isner (USA x20) bt Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 6-3, 6-4

Jannik Sinner (ITA x10) bt John Millman (AUS) 6-2, 6-2

Gael Monfils (FRA x14) bt Gianluca Mager (ITA) 6-4, 6-2

Kevin Anderson (RSA) bt Lorenzo Sonego (ITA x17) 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (7/3)

Andy Murray (GBR) bt Carlos Alcaraz (ESP x30) 5-7, 6-3, 6-2

Alexander Zverev (GER x3) bt Jenson Brooksby (USA) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1

Albert Ramos (ESP) bt Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN x7) 6-4, 6-2

Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO x29) bt Christopher Eubanks (USA) 6-4, 6-3

Karen Khachanov (RUS x24) bt Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) 6-2, 7-5

Pablo Carreño-Busta (ESP x12) bt Emilio Gómez (ECU) 6-1, 6-4

Christian Garín (CHI x13) bt Ernesto Escobedo (USA) 7-5, 6-2

Alex De Minaur (AUS x22) bt Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) 6-4, 7-5

Fabio Fognini (ITA x25) bt Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3

Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE x2) bt Pedro Martínez (ESP) 6-2, 6-4