Indian Wells: Gauff wins battle of teens, meets Peterson in last 16

American Coco Gauff, the No 6 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells by defeating fellow teen Linda Noskova 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday.

Gauff, who turns 19 years old on Monday, defeated the 17-year-old Noskova in one hour and 18 minutes, hitting seven aces and saving the only break point she faced against her serve.

The American, ranked No 6, will play Swede Rebecca Peterson next.

Ahead of her victory, the 18-year-old American had won against Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa (6-2, 6-4).

Noskova, ranked No 54, beat Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu (7-6 (7), 6-1) and American Amanda Anisimova, the No 31 seed (7-6 (6), 6-3) in the previous rounds of the Indian Wells tournament.

Indian Wells WTA 1000, other third-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):

• 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
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Iga Swiatek vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Ons Jabeur vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Elena Rybakina vs. Paula Badosa
• Martina Trevisan vs. Karolina Muchova
• Emma Raducanu vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Caroline Garcia
• Bernarda Pera vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Petra Kvitova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Xinyu Wang

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