Athletistic / Tennis. Russian tennis player Roman Safiullin (42nd racket in the world) successfully began his performance at the Indian Wells Masters (California, USA). On the night of March 8, in the first round, he beat the British Daniel Evans (45th in the world) in three sets with a score of 6:1, 5:7, 6:2.

The tennis players spent 1 hour and 57 minutes on the court. At the end of the match, Safiullin collected a collection of eight aces, five double faults and five breaks (out of 12 break points). Evans has three consecutive serves, eight errors on his own serve and two break points converted from five attempts.

Roman Safiullin’s next opponent during the tournament in the Californian desert will be the American Sebastian Korda (ranked 29th in the world).

The Indian Wells Masters will end on March 17. The total prize money of the competition this time amounts to 8.9 million dollars. The current champion is the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz.


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