Indian Wells: Another three-set battle for Sakkari, beats Pliskova

Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 7 seed, beat Czech Karolina Pliskova, the No 17 seed, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 to reach the last 8 of the Indian Wells at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Tuesday.

Sakkari, ranked No 7, will play the winner of the match between Czech Petra Kvitova, the No 15 seed, and American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, next.

It was yet another gritty three-setter for Sakkari, who won against American Shelby Rogers (2-6, 6-4, 6-0) and edged out Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina, the No 27 seed (3-6, 6-2, 6-4) in the previous rounds of the Indian Wells tournament.

But she stayed strong – and it was the serve of Pliskova, usually such a powerful weapon, that faded on match point as she failed to get the ball over the net and handed victory to her opponent.

Earlier in the tournament, Pliskova, ranked No 17, edged out Russian Anna Kalinskaya (2-6, 6-0, 6-4) and defeated Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 11 seed (6-1, 7-5).

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Indian Wells WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):

• Iga Swiatek vs. Emma Raducanu
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Caroline Garcia
• Elena Rybakina vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Petra Kvitova vs. Jessica Pegula
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Karolina Muchova
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Aryna Sabalenka: tuesday
• Coco Gauff (6) beat Rebecca Peterson: 6-3, 1-6, 6-4