Indian Wells: Cirstea upsets Garcia to reach quarter-finals, meets Swiatek next

Romanian Sorana Cirstea moved into the last eight of Indian Wells by edging out Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 5 seed, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 on Tuesday.

Cirstea, ranked No 83, will play world No 1 and defending champion Iga Swiatek next.

The Romanian won against Australian qualifier Kimberly Birrell (6-3, 6-2), American Madison Keys, the No 19 seed (6-1 ret.) and American Bernarda Pera (6-3, 6-1) in the previous rounds of the tournament.

Earlier in the week, Garcia, ranked No 5, edged out Hungarian lucky loser Dalma Galfi (6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-4) and defeated Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 30 seed (6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-1).

Indian Wells WTA 1000, other last 16 matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,800,000):

• Elena Rybakina (10) beat Varvara Gracheva (Q): 6-3, 6-0
• Petra Kvitova (15) beat Jessica Pegula (3): 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (11)
• Karolina Muchova beat Marketa Vondrousova: 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-4
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Barbora Krejcikova (16): 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
• Coco Gauff (6) beat Rebecca Peterson: 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
• Maria Sakkari (7) beat Karolina Pliskova (17): 6-4, 5-7, 6-3

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