We did it after the first round and second round. We keep our awards going now after third round play was completed at the BNP Paribas Open:

Best marathon rally: Lorenzo Musetti & Arthur Fils

If you’re a fan of long rallies, then you’ll love what Lorenzo Musetti and Arthur Fils produced in the second set on Sunday. The two traded from the baseline, with Musetti doing much of the dictating and forcing Fils into an error on the 38th stroke.

Musetti — last year’s Olympic bronze medalist and Wimbledon semifinalist — didn’t advance, though. France’s Fils saved a match point later in the second set thanks to a gutsy forehand down the line and won in three sets.

Most dramatic game: Madison Keys vs. Elise Mertens

It wasn’t all one-way traffic for Madison Keys as she led Elise Mertens by a set and 5-3 on Monday. But the new Grand Slam champion did get herself into a position to win in straight sets.

Keys, however, experienced a similar sort of game to Tallon Griekspoor when the Dutchman tried to serve out his second round match against top seed Alexander Zverev. Keys began to struggle with her serve, hitting four double faults. Yet she also had two match points. On one of them, her forehand passing shot attempt with Mertens vulnerable went into the net.

Mertens hung on and Keys eventually had to go to a third set. Like Griekspoor, Keys ended up advancing. It’s now 14 straight wins for the 30-year-old.

Best sportsmanship: Yosuke Watanuki

Yosuke Watanuki won over fans on Sunday night in his upset win over Frances Tiafoe. And it wasn’t only because of the Japanese qualifier’s huge hitting. After Tiafoe was given a time violation warning for taking too long to serve, Watanuki told the chair umpire to waive the warning because he wasn’t ready to receive (so Tiafoe had to wait).

The ump did just that, drawing applause from the fans at Stadium 1. The frequently smiling Watanuki blasted 47 winners against Tiafoe in two sets.

Best use of a non sports drink: Yosuke Watanuki

Watanuki needed fuel in the second set against Tiafoe so he got a drink out. But it wasn’t one of those energy drinks or gels players often take during a changeover.

Instead, Watanuki turned to Pepsi.

He seemed to get approval from his coach, Wayne Ferreira (who used to coach Tiafoe and made the final of the event in 1993). Although rare, he’s not the first player to turn to soda
pop. The likes of Gael Monfils and Corentin Moutet have done it in the past.

Most gracious lens signing: Jack Draper

Jack Draper had kind words for Joao Fonseca after he beat the Brazilian teen in the second round. After he won in the third round against Californian Jenson Brooksby, the US Open semifinalist signed the camera lens — a ritual now commonplace in tennis on big courts — “good to have a great player back.”

Brooksby missed most of the last two seasons due to an elbow injury and suspension for missing drug tests. Before then, Brooksby and his unorthodox game reached a high of 33rd in the rankings.

Best quote: Stefanos Tsitsipas

Stefanos Tsitsipas likes his philosophy quotes. He also likes one liners. After winning the title in Dubai last month, he wrote on Instagram: “They said my game was sinking... so I got myself a boat.”

After beating Matteo Berrettini on Sunday for the second straight tournament, the Greek added: “I just feel like I want to get out there on the court and be a gladiator, and that's how I approach every single match I get to play.”

Most noteworthy stat: Marcos Giron & break points

California native Marcos Giron made it to the fourth round of his home event for the first time when he beat Alexei Popyrin 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 in front of a packed house that cheered the 31-year-old on.

Helping him? Saving 14 of 15 break points. The last one was huge: After Popyrin sent a second serve backhand return long at 3-3 in the third, the Australian only won two points the rest of the match.

Best performance by a lucky loser: Sonay Kartal

A pair of lucky losers found themselves in the third round. Botic van de Zandschulp, who added to his giant killing ways by upsetting Novak Djokovic on Saturday, lost to Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo in straight sets.

But Britain’s Sonay Kartal made it to the fourth round by beating Polina Kudermetova — the younger sister of former top 10 player Veronika — 7-5, 6-3.T he turning point likely came when Kudermetova was broken after leading 5-4, 40-0 on serve.

The 83rd-ranked Kartal — who won her first WTA title last year — notched her best win by ranking in the second round against 17th-ranked Beatriz Haddad Maia. The 23-year-old could eclipse that in the fourth round as she meets the World No. 1, Aryna Sabalenka.