Indian Wells: Potapova races past Podoroska to make last 16

Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 28 seed, defeated Argentinian lucky loser Nadia Podoroska 6-1, 6-1 to advance to the last 16 of the Indian Wells at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Sunday night.

Potapova, ranked No 33, will play Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 13 seed, next.

The 22-year-old Russian won against Marie Bouzkova (7-5, 6-1) ahead of her victory.

In the previous rounds of the Indian Wells tournament, Podoroska, ranked No 84, beat American wildcard Ashlyn Krueger (3-6, 6-3, 6-3) and American lucky loser Kayla Day (7-6 (3), 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
• Jasmine Paolini 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