Indian Wells: Pegula battles past Potapova to set up Kvitova clash in last 16

American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, edged out Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 26 seed, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 to move into the last 16 of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells on Sunday.

Pegula, ranked No 3 in the world, will next face two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, the No 15 seed, for a place in the quarter-finals.

In the previous round of the tournament, the American won against Italian Camila Giorgi (3-6, 6-1, 6-2).

Potapova, ranked No 28 in the world, had defeated Chinese Xiyu Wang (4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2) in the second round 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):

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

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