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Tennis: Medvedev, Tsitsipas, and Swiatek through to the last 16 at Indian Wells

# Tennis: Last year’s runner-up, Daniil Medvedev, is through to the round of 16 of the Indian Wells Masters in the US. The Russian progressed after his local opponent, Alex Michelsen, retired with food poisoning just two games into their match. Eighth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece defeated Italian Matteo Berrettini 6-3, 6-3, while Japanese qualifier Yosuke Watanuki knocked out American Frances Tiafoe 6-4, 7-6. In the women’s draw, defending champion Iga Swiatek of Poland beat Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska 6-love, 6-2.