Indian Wells: Wang advances to second round
Xinyu Wang defeated Elise Mertens 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday night. She’ll face No 18 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in the next round
Xinyu Wang of China during play on Day 3 of the 2023 Womens’s ASB Classic. ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand. Wednesday 4 January 2023. (Photosport/Panoramic)
Chinese Xinyu Wang reached the second round of the Indian Wells by winning against Belgian Elise Mertens 6-3, 6-1 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Wednesday.
Wang, ranked No 67, will face No 18 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova next.
Indian Wells WTA 1000, other first-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Alycia Parks
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Jil Teichmann
- Elizabeth Mandlik vs. Alison Riske-Amritraj
- Rebecca Peterson vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Tatjana Maria vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Ysaline Bonaventure vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Sloane Stephens vs. Sofia Kenin
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Karolina Muchova
- Laura Siegemund vs. Madison Brengle
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Rebecca Marino
- Maryna Zanevska vs. Lauren Davis
- Dalma Galfi vs. Danielle Collins
- Emma Navarro vs. Catherine McNally
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Kimberly Birrell
- Bernarda Pera vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Jule Niemeier
- Danka Kovinic vs. Emma Raducanu
- Rebeka Masarova vs. Peyton Stearns
- Claire Liu vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Lin Zhu
- Katie Volynets vs. Shelby Rogers
- Arantxa Rus vs. Camila Giorgi
- Olga Danilovic vs. Xiyu Wang: wednesday
- Katie Swan vs. Cristina Bucsa: wednesday
- Mayar Sherif vs. Linda Fruhvirtova: wednesday
- Dayana Yastremska (WC) beat Anna Bondar: 6-3, 6-4
- Evgeniya Rodina beat Alize Cornet: 6-2, 7-5
- Linda Noskova beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 7-6 (7), 6-1
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Anna Blinkova beat Ann Li (WC): 6-1, 6-2
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