Australian Open champion Madison Keys crushed Anastasia Potapova 6-3 6-0 at Indian Wells on Saturday in her first match as a Grand Slam champion, while Carlos Alcaraz began his bid for an Indian Wells three-peat with a 6-4 6-2 win over Quentin Halys.

Carlos Alcaraz, a two-time defending champion at Indian Wells, said the absence of world No. 1 Jannik Sinner "didn't change [anything] at all."

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz were drawn to meet in a potential blockbuster quarterfinal at the upcoming Indian Wells Masters 1000 tournament. The showdown would be a rematch of the Australian Open quarterfinal won by Djokovic before he retired during his semifinal with Alexander Zverev.

He could become just the third man to do so after Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz raced into the third round at Indian Wells on Saturday, launching his bid for a rare three-peat with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over France's Quentin

Five-time champion Novak Djokovic tumbled out of the Indian Wells ATP Masters on Saturday, falling in his first match to lucky loser Botic van de Zandschulp as two-time defending champ Carlos Alcaraz advanced.

Carlos Alcaraz cruised to a 6-4 6-2 win against France's Quentin Halys to get his Indian Wells title defence underway.

Carlos Alcaraz got his Indian Wells title defence off to a flying start with a 6-4, 6-2 win against France’s Quentin Halys. Alcaraz has won the last two editions of the Indian Wells tournament, but he expressed his surprise that a new surface had been laid for this year’s event.