Indian Wells: Pliskova moves into last 16, to meet Sakkari next

Czech Karolina Pliskova, the No 17 seed, defeated Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 11 seed, 6-1, 7-5 to advance to the last 16 of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells on Sunday.

Pliskova, a former world No 1 who is now ranked No 17, will play Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 7 seed, next.

Ahead of her win on Sunday, the Czech edged out Russian Anna Kalinskaya (2-6, 6-0, 6-4).

Kudermetova, ranked No 11, had won against Anna Blinkova (6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Indian Wells tournament.

Indian Wells WTA 1000, other third-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,800,000):

• Maria Sakkari 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
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Jessica Pegula

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