Indian Wells: Garcia fights past Fernandez, makes last 16
Caroline Garcia beat Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-1 on Monday. She’ll face Romanian Sorana Cirstea in the next round
Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 5 seed, advanced to the last 16 of Indian Wells by defeating Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 30 seed, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-1 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Monday.
Garcia, ranked No 5, will face Romanian Sorana Cirstea next.
Garcia has now won her last seven matches against Canadian players – and has won both her matches on tour against Fernandez.
In the previous round of the Indian Wells tournament, the Frenchwoman edged out Hungarian lucky loser Dalma Galfi (6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-4).
Fernandez, ranked No 49, won against American wildcard Emma Navarro (6-2, 6-4) in the second round of the Indian Wells tournament.
Indian Wells WTA 1000, other third-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Iga Swiatek vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Ons Jabeur vs. Marketa Vondrousova
- Elena Rybakina vs. Paula Badosa
- Emma Raducanu vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Martina Trevisan vs. Karolina Muchova: monday
- Sorana Cirstea beat Bernarda Pera: 6-3, 6-1
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Barbora Krejcikova (16) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-2
- Petra Kvitova (15) beat Jelena Ostapenko (24): 0-6, 6-0, 6-4
- Coco Gauff (6) beat Linda Noskova: 6-4, 6-3
- Jessica Pegula (3) beat Anastasia Potapova (26): 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Karolina Pliskova (17) beat Veronika Kudermetova (11): 6-1, 7-5
- Maria Sakkari (7) beat Anhelina Kalinina (27): 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Rebecca Peterson beat Jil Teichmann: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1