Indian Wells: Peterson advances as 22nd seed Zhang retires, gets Teichmann next
The Swede was leading Shuai Zhang 3-0 when the Chinese 22nd seed was forced to retire from the second round match
Rebecca Peterson, 2021 | © Panoramic
Swede Rebecca Peterson reached the third round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells when Chinese Shuai Zhang, the No 22 seed, retired on Friday.
Peterson, ranked No 103, led 3-0 when Zhang, ranked No 27, pulled out at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Friday night.
The Swede will play Jil Teichmann next. Earlier in the tournament, Rebecca Peterson edged out Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (7-5, 5-7, 7-5).
Indian Wells WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,800,000):
- Petra Kvitova (15) beat Elizabeth Mandlik (WC): 6-1, 7-5
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Evgeniya Rodina: 6-2, 6-0
- Barbora Krejcikova (16) beat Dayana Yastremska (WC): 6-1, 6-2
- Veronika Kudermetova (11) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-3, 6-4
- Lesia Tsurenko (Q) beat Donna Vekic (29): 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
- Jil Teichmann beat Belinda Bencic (9): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Jelena Ostapenko (24) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
- Anhelina Kalinina (27) beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Madison Keys
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Paula Badosa
- Ons Jabeur vs. Magdalena Frech
- Peyton Stearns vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Maria Sakkari vs. Shelby Rogers
- Elena Rybakina vs. Sofia Kenin
- Tatjana Maria vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Martina Trevisan vs. Madison Brengle
- Dalma Galfi vs. Caroline Garcia
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Emma Navarro
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Bernarda Pera
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Iga Swiatek vs. Claire Liu
- Petra Martic vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Karolina Muchova vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Magda Linette vs. Emma Raducanu
- Camila Giorgi vs. Jessica Pegula
- Linda Noskova vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Coco Gauff vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Xinyu Wang vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Xiyu Wang
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