Indian Wells: Putintseva through to third round

Kazakh Yulia Putintseva defeated Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 15 seed, 7-5, 6-1 to reach the third round of the Indian Wells at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Friday evening.

Putintseva, ranked No 79, will face the winner of the match between No 18 seed Madison Keys and qualifier Hailey Baptiste next.

In the previous round of the Indian Wells tournament, the Kazakh won against German Tamara Korpatsch (6-2, 6-3).

Indian Wells WTA 1000, other second-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 9.258.080, most recent results first):

• Elena Rybakina vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Madison Keys vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Rebecca Sramkova
• Katie Volynets vs. Ons Jabeur
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Taylor Townsend
• Camila Giorgi vs. Linda Noskova
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Emma Raducanu
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Emma Navarro
• Elina Svitolina vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Diane Parry vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Jessica Pegula vs. Anna Blinkova
• Clara Burel vs. Coco Gauff
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Xinyu Wang vs. Elise Mertens
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Naomi Osaka
• Oceane Dodin vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Sloane Stephens
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Mai Hontama
• Tatjana Maria vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Donna Vekic vs. Caroline Wozniacki
• Nao Hibino vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Iga Swiatek vs. Danielle Collins
• Marketa Vondrousova (7) beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-0, 6-2
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (22) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Angelique Kerber: friday