Indian Wells: Wozniacki powers into third round
Caroline Wozniacki defeated Donna Vekic 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Friday night and will play the winner of the match between American wildcard Katie Volynets and Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 6 seed, in the next round
Dane wildcard Caroline Wozniacki moved into the third round of the Indian Wells by winning against Croat Donna Vekic, the No 25 seed, 7-6 (5), 6-3 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Friday night.
Wozniacki, ranked No 204, will face the winner of the match between American wildcard Katie Volynets and Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 6 seed, next.
The 33-year-old Dane defeated Chinese Lin Zhu (7-6 (6), 6-1) in the previous round of the Indian Wells tournament.
Indian Wells WTA 1000, other second-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 9.258.080, most recent results first):
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Yue Yuan
- Peyton Stearns vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Emma Navarro
- Elina Svitolina vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Naomi Osaka
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Sloane Stephens
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Jessica Pegula vs. Anna Blinkova
- Diana Shnaider vs. Maria Sakkari
- Xinyu Wang vs. Elise Mertens
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Emma Raducanu
- Diane Parry vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Clara Burel vs. Coco Gauff
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Oceane Dodin vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Madison Keys vs. Hailey Baptiste
- Kayla Day vs. Nadia Podoroska
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Rebecca Sramkova
- Katie Volynets vs. Ons Jabeur
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Taylor Townsend
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Camila Giorgi vs. Linda Noskova
- Tatjana Maria vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Mai Hontama: friday
- Veronika Kudermetova (17) beat Nao Hibino (Q): 6-1, 7-5
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Danielle Collins: 6-3, 6-0
- Marketa Vondrousova (7) beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-0, 6-2
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (22) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (Q): 6-3, 6-1
- Angelique Kerber beat Jelena Ostapenko (10): 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
- Yulia Putintseva beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (15): 7-5, 6-1