In the early morning of March 15, Beijing time, the third round of the ATP1000 Indian Wells Masters began to compete, and the top seed Medvedev of the tournament played, and his opponent was the 26th seed Monfils. The two sides have met twice before, and each has won 1 victory. Monfils was even better in today's game, reversing with the first set to knock out the world number one 2-1.
In the first eight sets of the first set, both sides managed to save their own serves, and the set score came to 4-4. In the 9th inning, Monfils lost four consecutive runs to send the set, and then Medvedev saved the game in the 10th game to win the first set 6-4.
Medvedev was broken in the 4th set and Monfils took a 3-1 lead. Monfils lost the 5th set and Medvedev held it 3-3 in the 6th set. In the 8th set, Monfils completed a key break and came to win the set 5-3. In the 9th set, Monfils managed to save and win the second set 6-3.
Medvedev was broken as soon as he came up in the decider, and Monfils took a 2-0 lead after saving the set. Medvedev's serve was again lost in the 3rd inning, and Monfils took a 4-0 lead after saving the 4th set. In the 7th set, Monfils ushered in a serve to win the game, and the two engaged in a fierce battle, and Monfils successfully cashed in at the end of the 6th match to win the decider 6-1.
In the end, in a game that took 2 hours and 6 minutes, the 26th seed Monfils defeated the top seed Medvedev 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 to reach the men's singles round of 16. With Medvedev deducted 250 points from last year's Marseille race next week, he who failed to go any further in this race will be overtaken by Djokovic again and temporarily surrender the world number one throne.