WTA Indian Wells: Pegula books spot in last 16

American Jessica Pegula, the No 4 seed, moved into the last 16 of the BNP Paribas Open by beating Chinese Xinyu Wang 6-2, 6-1 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Sunday.

Pegula, ranked No 4 in the world, will play Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the No 23 seed, next. This was the sixth win in a row for the American, who won the title in Austin earlier this month.

Ahead of her win today, the American won against Pole Magda Linette (6-4, 6-2).

Wang, ranked No 42, defeated Egyptian Mayar Sherif (6-4, 7-5) and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 26 seed (6-4, 6-4) in the previous rounds of the tournament.

Indian Wells WTA 1000, other third-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8.963.700, most recent results first):

• Karolina Muchova (15) beat Katerina Siniakova: 7-5, 6-1
• Elena Rybakina (7) beat Katie Boulter (25): 6-0, 7-5
• Iga Swiatek (2) beat Dayana Yastremska: 6-0, 6-2
• Marta Kostyuk (18) beat Caroline Dolehide (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Lulu Sun
• Clara Tauson vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Elise Mertens vs. Madison Keys
• Emma Navarro vs. Donna Vekic
• Belinda Bencic vs. Diana Shnaider
• Coco Gauff vs. Maria Sakkari
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Polina Kudermetova vs. Sonay Kartal
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Danielle Collins vs. Elina Svitolina

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