Match Report
Fucsovics stuns World No. 5 Musetti in Indian Wells, Shelton survives main scare
Hungarian earns second High 5 victory of his profession
March 06, 2026
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Marton Fucsovics is into the third spherical in Indian Wells for the second time (file photograph).
By Sam Jacot
Marton Fucsovics earned simply his second High 5 win and first in practically six years on Friday on the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, the place he shocked World No. 5 Lorenzo Musetti 7-5, 6-1.
Musetti was competing for the primary time since he was pressured to retire from his Australian Open quarter-final in opposition to Novak Djokovic with a psoas muscle harm when main by two units to like. Returning to the Tour in California, the 24-year-old dedicated 26 unforced errors and confirmed indicators of rustiness in opposition to Fucsovics, who’s into the third spherical in Indian Wells for the second time.
The Hungarian performed with excessive depth and capitalised on a misfiring efficiency from the Italian to enhance to 4-35 in opposition to High 10 opponents, in response to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index. Fucsovics’ earlier High 5 win got here in opposition to Daniil Medvedev at Roland Garros in 2020, with this his first High 10 victory on a tough court docket.
The No. 56 participant within the PIF ATP Rankings Fucsovics will subsequent meet Arthur Fils after the Frenchman superior when Croatian qualifier Dino Prizmic retired. Fils, who returned to Tour final month following a again harm, was main 6-2, 3-2.
In different motion, for a big interval, eighth seed Ben Shelton appeared heading in the right direction to affix fifth seed Lorenzo Musetti in an early exit from the ATP Masters 1000 occasion. Nevertheless, the 23-year-old American staged a comeback to safe a hard-fought 6-7(3), 7-6(4), 6-3 victory in opposition to Reilly Opelka.
Shelton got here inside two factors of defeat when he trailed 4/5 within the second-set tie-break. But Opelka faltered on the essential second, shedding each factors on his serve handy Shelton a lifeline. The lefty later took a tumble whereas serving for the match at 5-3 within the third set, slipping as he hit a volley. Nonetheless, Shelton shortly recovered, regained his composure and finally sealed the win after two hours and 13 minutes.
The High 10 star, who superior to the quarter-finals in Indian Wells final 12 months, will subsequent face Learner Tien. The reigning Subsequent Gen ATP Finals champion leads Shelton 1-0 within the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head sequence.
