Indian Wells: Paolini wins repeat of Dubai final against Kalinskaya
Jasmine Paolini edged out Anna Kalinskaya 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 on Sunday evening. She’ll play the winner of the match between Argentinian lucky loser Nadia Podoroska and Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 28 seed, in the next round
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Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 13 seed, reached the last 16 of the Indian Wells by edging out Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 21 seed, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Sunday evening.
The clash was a repeat of last week’s WTA 1000 final in Dubai, where Paolini also fought back from a break down in the third set. The Italian has now strung together seven victories in a row.
Paolini, ranked No 14, will face the winner of the match between Argentinian lucky loser Nadia Podoroska and Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 28 seed, next.
The Italian won against German Tatjana Maria (6-3, 6-3) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Indian Wells tournament, Kalinskaya, ranked No 25, edged out American qualifier Taylor Townsend (7-5, 3-6, 6-4).
Indian Wells WTA 1000, other third-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 9.258.080, most recent results first):
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Caroline Wozniacki vs. Katie Volynets
- Emma Raducanu vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Elina Svitolina vs. Emma Navarro
- Caroline Garcia vs. Maria Sakkari
- Anna Blinkova vs. Diane Parry
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Coco Gauff
- Naomi Osaka vs. Elise Mertens
- Sloane Stephens vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Yue Yuan vs. Caroline Dolehide
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Marketa Vondrousova
- Angelique Kerber vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Nadia Podoroska vs. Anastasia Potapova: sunday
- Yulia Putintseva beat Madison Keys (18): 6-4, 6-1
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Linda Noskova (26): 6-4, 6-0
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