The ATP first round at Indian Wells wrapped up Friday night and American men have celebrated significant successes already. Qualifier Mitchell Krueger defeated Benoit Paire 6-4, 1-6, 6-4.  He faces Serbian Filip Krajinovic [25] in the second round. Taylor Fritz defeated his country man Reilly Opelka and Jared Donaldson defeated American qualifier Evan King. Tennys Sandgren advanced when Nikoloz Basilashvili retired at 6-3, 2-1. Qualifier Tim Smyczek beat Laslo Djere 6-3, 6-2 for his place in the second round.

Wild card Ernesto Escobedo defeated Francis Tiafoe 7-5, 6-3. Indian Wells holds a particular significance for the Southern Californian: “I have been coming here since I was eight years old, a young kid with so many dreams, you know, with curly hair, with a visor, walking the grounds. I mean, you just dream to play here. I have always dreamed about playing here, a match on center court.” He faces Feliciano Lopez [28] in round 2.

Ryan Harrison and Donald Young, who made headlines over a heated exchange in New York last month, were both defeated in the first round, by Federico Delbonis and and Borna Coric respectively.

Fan favorites Jack Sock [8] and John Isner [15] each received byes in the first round, but already had success on the doubles court with a 6-3, 7-6 (6) victory over Fernando Verdasco and Albert Ramos-Vinolas. To incentivize top singles players to compete more heavily in doubles, the BNP Paribas Open offers a one-million-dollar incentive to any player, man or woman, who wins both titles this year—something that is surely a handsome motivator for both Americans.

Looking forward, the first and fourth quarters a particularly tough. Roger Federer [1], Hyeon Chung [23], and Dominic Thiem [5] all find themselves in the first. Juan Martin Del Potro [6], Kei Nishikori [22], Novak Djokovic [10], John Isner [15], and Marin Cilic [2] are packed into the fourth quarter.