Indian Wells WTA: Sun snaps losing streak in third-set tiebreak
Lulu Sun edged out Rebecca Sramkova 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (2) on Wednesday and will face No 31 seed Linda Noskova in the next round
Lulu Sun, Wimbledon 2024
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New Zealander Lulu Sun edged out Slovak Rebecca Sramkova 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (2) to reach the second round of the Indian Wells WTA 1000 in California on Wednesday.
The Kiwi had won just one match in 2025 ahead of Indian Wells, and was riding a four-match losing streak.
Sun, ranked No 49, will face No 31 seed Linda Noskova next.
Indian Wells WTA 1000, other first-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8.963.700, most recent results first):
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Katie Volynets
- Camila Osorio vs. Naomi Osaka
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Yue Yuan
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Viktorija Golubic vs. Kimberly Birrell
- Lauren Davis vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Maya Joint
- Alycia Parks vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Belinda Bencic vs. Tatjana Maria
- Olga Danilovic vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Emma Raducanu vs. Moyuka Uchijima
- Iva Jovic vs. Julia Grabher
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Catherine McNally
- Maddison Inglis vs. Sofia Kenin
- Sonay Kartal vs. Varvara Lepchenko
- Claire Liu vs. Polina Kudermetova
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Anna Blinkova vs. McCartney Kessler
- Jule Niemeier vs. Robin Montgomery
- Mayar Sherif vs. Xinyu Wang
- Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Caroline Dolehide
- Clervie Ngounoue vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Peyton Stearns vs. Magda Linette
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Suzan Lamens
- Hailey Baptiste vs. Whitney Osuigwe: wednesday
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Ann Li: wednesday
- Caroline Garcia beat Bernarda Pera (WC): 6-3, 6-4
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Renata Zarazua: 6-4, 1-0 ret.
- Petra Kvitova vs. Varvara Gracheva: wednesday
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