Tennis Tracker: Swiatek, Alcaraz and Sinner ease through, Lehecka stuns Tsitsipas
Wednesday, March 13th
08:10 CET - Top seed Iga Swiatek (22) eased into the quarter-finals with a convincing 6-1, 6-2 victory over Yulia Putintseva (29).
The Pole will face Caroline Wozniacki (33) next after the former world number one made light work of Angelique Kerber (36) 6-4, 6-2.
Catch up on all the action here.
07:58 CET - Australian Open champion and world number three Jannik Sinner (22) continued his incredible start to the year, beating Ben Shelton (21) 7-6(4), 6-1 to set up a last-eight clash with Jiri Lehecka (22).
Meanwhile, sixth seed Alexander Zverev (26) recovered from a set down to outlast Alex de Minaur (25) 5-7, 6-2, 6-3. The German will face Carlos Alcaraz (20) in the quarter-finals.
07:50 CET - Good morning! Play has now finished for the day at Indian Wells, with the first four quarter-finalists in both the men's and women's draw confirmed.
Tuesday, March 12th
23:50 CET - That is it for today from our Indian Wells coverage but come back tomorrow for more last-16 action.
There is one final match underway between Alexander Zverev (26) and Alex de Minuar (25) who are both seeking a last-eight spot, follow it live here.
22:40 CET - Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk (32) has also booked her place in the next round with a commanding win against Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (32), making her first-ever WTA Tour quarter-final. She won 6-4, 6-1.
22:34 CET - Carlos Alcaraz (20) was in no mood to mess around this evening as he dispatched Fabian Marozsan (24) 6-3, 6-3 to progress to the quarter-finals at Indian Wells.
21:18 CET - In the opening match of the day on the WTA side, Jasmine Paolini (28) was also shocked by Anastasia Potapova (33) over three sets, losing, 7-5, 0-6, 6-3.
21:11 CET - After Djokovic's stunning overnight defeat, another of the top male players has seen the door at Indian Wells as Stefanos Tsitsipas (25) has lost in straight sets 6-4, 6-2. to Jiri Lehecka (22).
20:25 CET - After having had her four-year doping ban cut to nine months, Simona Halep (32) is back on court in Miami. Read more about her return to action here.
19:10 CET - Today's play is underway, with Jasmine Paolini (28) serving first against Anastasia Potapova (22) and Stefanos Tsitsipas (25) serving first against Jiri Lehecka (22).
18:15 CET - After pulling out of Indian Wells just before the start of the tournament, Rafael Nadal (37) is now set to return to action in Monte Carlo next month.
Read the full story here.
17:15 CET - Headlining the play tonight on the men's side is Carlos Alcaraz's (20) clash with Fabian Marozsan (24) at 21:00 CET before Alexander Zverev (26) faces Alex De Minaur (25) at 22:30 CET.
On the women's half, the best is coming late on with a clash of veterans Angelique Kerber (36) and Caroline Wozniacki (33) at 02:00 CET in the morning and Iga Swiatek (22) playing Yulia Putintseva (29) even later on, or earlier rather.
17:00 CET - Hello, and welcome to our coverage of the men's and women's action at Indian Wells. We've reached the last 16 players on each side which means we are well and truly at the business end of things now!
