Day Seven of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, saw the defeat of the number two seeds in both the men’s and women’s draws.
Marin Cilic (2) was dismissed by Philipp Kohlschreiber (31) in the third round 6-4 6-4. The 2018 Aus Open runner up has, since the thrilling Melbourne final, only played in Rio de Janeiro, where he lost to Gaël Monfils in the round of sixteen, and here where again his tournament was cut short early.
However, with world numbers 4, 5 and 6 - Dimitrov, Zverev and Thiem - also gone from Indian Wells, Cilic will remain comfortably at number three in the world.
Kohlschreiber will play Pierre-Hugues Herbert who defeated French compatriot Gaël Monfils 6-2 3-1 (retired) in the fourth round.
This is only the third time the German has reached the round of sixteen in a Masters 1000 event - the previous occasions were also at Indian Wells in 2009 and 2011.
The other results to complete the third round:
Feliciano López (28) defeated Jack Sock (8) 7-6(6) 4-6 6-4
He will play Sam Querrey in the fourth round
Sam Querrey (18) defeated qualifier Yuki Bhambri 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4
Qualifier Marcos Baghdatis defeated lucky loser in qualifying Dudi Sela 7-6(5) 6-4
He will play Milos Raonic in the fourth round
Milos Raonic (32) defeated Joao Sousa 7-5 4-6 6-2
Juan Martin del Potro (6) defeated David Ferrer (29) 6-4 7-6(3)
del Potro is the only single figure seed left in the bottom part of the draw
He will play Leonardo Mayer in the fourth round
Leonardo Mayer defeated qualifier Taro Daniel 6-4 6-1
Daria Kasatkina (20) defeated Caroline Wozniacki (2) and the 20 year old Russian is enjoying a golden run, in contrast to the poor start in Australia which reaped two opening round losses before a second round loss in the 2018 Aus Open.
The week after the Aus Open, Daria made the semi finals in St Petersburg, along the way defeating Caroline Wozniacki, only days after the Danish star had captured her first Grand Slam title.
A disappointing first round loss in Doha was more than compensated in Dubai, where Kasatkina was runner up to Svitolina after wins over top ten players Konta and Muguruza.
Daria has, with her win over Sloane Stephens, and now Caroline Wozniacki, here in Indian Wells, has this year alone defeated the 2017 Wimbledon, 2017 US Open, and 2018 Aus Open (twice) champions.
Her ranking has risen from 24 to what will be at least 15 after this tournament, and 9 if she happens to win the whole thing.
The really impressive thing about Kasatkina in her latest victory was her ability to come back from seemingly forlorn positions.
When down 0-3 in set one, taking six of the next seven games would have been deemed implausible against the might of Wozniacki, but it was done through limiting errors, a strength of Wozniacki, done better than the second seed.
Kasatkina also presented Wozniacki with problems thanks to a topspin forehand and sliced backhand which were on song.
Wozniacki predictably came back in the second set, where serve was broken regularly. At 3-2 and serving, Kasatkina lost complete momentum and the second seed won the bulk of the points to win three straight games and lead 5-3.
A sudden switch occurred with the Russian tearing up the court again with winners aplenty and causing stress once more to Wozniacki.
The last four games were Daria’s as was the match 6-4 7-5, and a third Premier Mandatory tournament quarter final awaits her - the previous being her main draw debut at Indian Wells in 2016 and last year in Beijing.
Her quarter final opponent here will be Angie Kerber (10) who smashed Caroline Garcia (7) to the tune of 6-1 6-1.
Other fourth round results:
Simona Halep (1) defeated Qiang Wang 7-5 6-1
Halep has an imposing 17-1 win/loss record in 2018, the solitary loss the Aus Open final.
She will play Petra Martic in a quarter final
Petra Martic defeated Marketa Vondrousova 6-3 7-6(4)
A breakthrough performance at a Premier Mandatory event for Petra
Naomi Osaka defeated Maria Sakkari 6-1 5-7 6-1
She will play Karolina Pliskova in a quarter final
Karolina Pliskova (5) defeated wildcard Amanda Anisimova 6-4 7-6(2)
Venus Williams (8) defeated Anastasija Sevastova (21) 7-6(6) 6-4
She will play Carla Suárez Navarro in a quarter final
Carla Suárez Navarro (27) defeated wildcard Danielle Collins 6-2 6-4
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