WTA Indian Wells: Rybakina sets up Andreeva clash in last 16

Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 7 seed, won against No 25 seed Katie Boulter 6-0, 7-5 to reach the last 16 of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Sunday.

Rybakina, ranked No 7, will play Russian Mirra Andreeva, the No 9 seed, next. The pair will be meeting for the third time with their head-to-head locked at 1-1.

Andreeva beat Rybakina in the Dubai semi-finals on her way to claiming her first WTA 1000 Series title last month.

Ahead of her win today, the Kazakh beat Dutchwoman Suzan Lamens (6-3, 6-3).

Boulter, ranked No 38, won against Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu (6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-0) in the previous round of the tournament.

Indian Wells WTA 1000, other third-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,963,700):

• 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
• Xinyu Wang vs. Jessica Pegula
• Karolina Muchova vs. Katerina Siniakova

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