Indian Wells: Ostapenko defeats Sasnovich, books spot in third round
Jelena Ostapenko won against Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 on Friday and will play the winner of the match between Czech Petra Kvitova, the No 15 seed, and American wildcard Elizabeth Mandlik in the next round
Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 24 seed, moved into the third round of the Indian Wells by winning against Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Friday.
Ostapenko, ranked No 25, will face the winner of the match between Czech Petra Kvitova, the No 15 seed, and American wildcard Elizabeth Mandlik next.
In the previous round of the Indian Wells tournament, Sasnovich, ranked No 44, beat Estonian Kaia Kanepi (6-3, 7-6 (5)).
Indian Wells WTA 1000, other second-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):
- Tatjana Maria vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Petra Martic vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Paula Badosa
- Elena Rybakina vs. Sofia Kenin
- Karolina Muchova vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Martina Trevisan vs. Madison Brengle
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Ons Jabeur vs. Magdalena Frech
- Dalma Galfi vs. Caroline Garcia
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Emma Navarro
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Madison Keys
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Bernarda Pera
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Magda Linette vs. Emma Raducanu
- Peyton Stearns vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Iga Swiatek vs. Claire Liu
- Camila Giorgi vs. Jessica Pegula
- Linda Noskova vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Coco Gauff vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Maria Sakkari vs. Shelby Rogers
- Xinyu Wang vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Shuai Zhang vs. Rebecca Peterson
- Petra Kvitova vs. Elizabeth Mandlik
- Evgeniya Rodina vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Dayana Yastremska: friday
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Xiyu Wang
- Anna Blinkova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Lesia Tsurenko (Q) beat Donna Vekic (29): 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
- Jil Teichmann vs. Belinda Bencic: friday
- Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Anhelina Kalinina: friday