# Tennis: Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz is through to the round of 16 at the Indian Wells Masters for the fourth consecutive time. The Spaniard beat Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-2, 6-4. Ninth-seeded Australian Alex de Minaur earned a statement, 6-4, 6-0, victory against Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz, while former champion American Taylor Fritz saw off Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo 4-6, 6-3. In the women’s draw, Australian Open champion Madison Keys of the US defeated Belgium’s Elise Mertens, 6-2, 6-7, 6-4, to reach the fourth round.
Tennis: Carlos Alcaraz’s Indian Wells title defence is still on track