Indian Wells: Kostyuk into last eight
Marta Kostyuk beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-1 on Tuesday evening and will face Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 28 seed, in the next round
Marta Kostyuk (Aflo/Panoramic)
Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 31 seed, advanced to the last eight of the Indian Wells by winning against Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 22 seed, 6-4, 6-1 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Tuesday evening.
Kostyuk, ranked No 32, will face Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 28 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the 21-year-old Ukrainian beat Japanese qualifier Mai Hontama (6-4, 6-2) and No 7 seed Marketa Vondrousova (W/O).
Pavlyuchenkova, ranked No 24, defeated Spanish qualifier Nuria Parrizas Diaz (6-3, 6-1) and Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 12 seed (2-6, 6-4, 6-3) earlier in the tournament.
Indian Wells WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 9.258.080, most recent results first):
- Iga Swiatek vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Angelique Kerber vs. Caroline Wozniacki
- Emma Navarro vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Diane Parry vs. Maria Sakkari
- Elise Mertens vs. Coco Gauff
- Yue Yuan vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Anastasia Potapova beat Jasmine Paolini (13): 7-5, 0-6, 6-3
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