Stefanos Tsitsipas is the No. 2 seed of Indian Wells 2021 so there is no need to play in the first round. The match against Pedro Martinez is the match of Tsitsipas in the tournament that has 47 years of history. Before the 61 ATP ranked player, Tsitsipas did not face many difficulties to solve the match.
In Set 1, Tsitsipas had 2 games to serve the opponent to win the 6-2 difference. Pedro Martinez played better in set 2 and had a 3-1 lead. But the experience helped Tsitsipas balance the score and passed later to win 6-4. The world's No. 3 player only takes 1 hour 33 minutes to win tickets to the third round.
The next opponent of Tsitsipas is Fabio Fognini, a 30 -ranked player in the world. Tsitsipas and Fognini had two previous meetings and the victory belonged to Tsitsipas with the same score of 2-0. Those are the matches taking place at ATP Stockholm 2018 and Rome Masters 2019.
In the second round of the Indian Wells 2021, Fognini defeated the 54-Land-class player, Jan-Lennard Struff, after 3 stressful sets. Fognini's performance in recent years is quite faint. The Italian player stopped in the second round of Cincinnati Open, the first round of the US Open and San Diego Open before the rivals with dozens of ranks lower than the steps on the ATP rankings.
If playing in the right form, Tsitsipas will not have much difficulty to win the right to go to the fourth round. The Greek tennis player is hoping to be able to win the Indian Wells for the first time. Tsitsipas's biggest competitors in this year's tournament are Daniil Medvedev, the world's No. 2 player and the No. 1 seed.
