Zverev beats Murray; Iga Swiatek ousted

Alexander Zverev and Iga Swiatek

Alexander Zverev won the clash of the two most recent Olympic gold medallists at the ATP Indian Wells on Tuesday, holding off a fierce challenge from Andy Murray despite an equipment malfunction.

The German, 24, advanced to the fourth round, coming from behind in both sets to beat two time Olympic gold medal winner Murray 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) in the combined women's and men's tennis tournament in the California desert.

"I'm happy about the match, how everything went," said Zverev. "I think it was a very entertaining match. It was pretty high level." Zverev won the Olympic gold medal at the recent Tokyo Games and former World No. 1 Murray won gold at both the 2012 London Olympics and in 2016 in Rio.

Third-seeded Zverev moves on to play Gael Monfils of France who rolled over hard-hitting South African Kevin Anderson 7-5, 6-2.

In the WTA side of the draw, unseeded Shelby Rogers upset US Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez in a marathon three-setter on a day when more top seeds tumbled out.
Rogers outlasted Canadian teenager Fernandez 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7/4) in two hours and 34 minutes to reach the quarter-finals. Rogers moves on to play 24th-seeded Jelena

Ostapenko, who upset second seed Iga Swiatek of Poland in straight sets. Swiatek became another top seed casualty, losing in straight sets 6-4, 6-3 to Latvia's Ostapenko in a fourth round match.

Swiatek's ouster comes one day after No. 1 seed Karolina Pliskova and defending champion Bianca Andreescu were bundled out in their third round matches.

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