Indian Wells: Qualifier Tsurenko knocks out Vekic, moves into third round
Lesia Tsurenko defeated Donna Vekic 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Friday. She’ll play the winner of the match between Russian Evgeniya Rodina and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, in the next round
Ukrainian qualifier Lesia Tsurenko won against Croat Donna Vekic, the No 29 seed, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 to move into the third round of the Indian Wells at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Friday.
Tsurenko, ranked No 95, will play the winner of the match between Russian Evgeniya Rodina and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, next.
In the previous round of the Indian Wells tournament, the 33-year-old Ukrainian beat Chinese Lin Zhu (6-4, 6-3).
Indian Wells WTA 1000, other second-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):
- Tatjana Maria vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Petra Martic vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Paula Badosa
- Elena Rybakina vs. Sofia Kenin
- Karolina Muchova vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Martina Trevisan vs. Madison Brengle
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Ons Jabeur vs. Magdalena Frech
- Dalma Galfi vs. Caroline Garcia
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Emma Navarro
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Madison Keys
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Bernarda Pera
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Magda Linette vs. Emma Raducanu
- Peyton Stearns vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Iga Swiatek vs. Claire Liu
- Camila Giorgi vs. Jessica Pegula
- Linda Noskova vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Coco Gauff vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Maria Sakkari vs. Shelby Rogers
- Xinyu Wang vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Shuai Zhang vs. Rebecca Peterson
- Petra Kvitova vs. Elizabeth Mandlik
- Evgeniya Rodina vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Dayana Yastremska: friday
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Xiyu Wang
- Anna Blinkova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Jil Teichmann vs. Belinda Bencic: friday
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Jelena Ostapenko: friday
- Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Anhelina Kalinina: friday