Indian Wells: Pavlyuchenkova upsets 12th seed Haddad Maia to reach fourth round

Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 22 seed, won against Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 12 seed, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 to move into the last 16 of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Sunday.

Pavlyuchenkova, ranked No 24, will play Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 31 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the Russian defeated Spanish qualifier Nuria Parrizas Diaz (6-3, 6-1).

Haddad Maia, ranked No 13, won against Slovak qualifier Rebecca Sramkova (7-5, 6-2) in the previous round of the Indian Wells tournament.

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Tennis Majors

Indian Wells WTA 1000, other third-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 9,258,080):

• Caroline Wozniacki (WC) beat Katie Volynets (WC): 6-2, 4-6, 6-0
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Angelique Kerber beat Veronika Kudermetova (17): 6-4, 7-5
• Anastasia Potapova (28) beat Nadia Podoroska (LL): 6-1, 6-1
• Jasmine Paolini (13) beat Anna Kalinskaya (21): 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
• Yulia Putintseva beat Madison Keys (18): 6-4, 6-1
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Linda Noskova (26): 6-4, 6-0
• Elina Svitolina vs. Emma Navarro
• Caroline Garcia vs. Maria Sakkari
• Naomi Osaka vs. Elise Mertens
• Anna Blinkova vs. Diane Parry
• Emma Raducanu vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Sloane Stephens vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Coco Gauff
• Yue Yuan vs. Caroline Dolehide