Indian Wells: Wang makes second round, plays 26th seed Potapova in second round

China’s Xiyu Wang moved into the second round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells by beating Serbian qualifier Olga Danilovic 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Wednesday.

Wang, ranked No 59, will face No 26 seed Anastasia Potapova next.

Indian Wells WTA 1000, other first-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):

• Cristina Bucsa (Q) beat Katie Swan (Q): 7-6 (6), 7-5
• Xinyu Wang beat Elise Mertens: 6-3, 6-1
• Linda Fruhvirtova beat Mayar Sherif: 0-6, 6-2, 6-3
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Dalma Galfi vs. Danielle Collins
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Alycia Parks
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Jil Teichmann
• Elizabeth Mandlik vs. Alison Riske-Amritraj
• Rebecca Peterson vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Arantxa Rus vs. Camila Giorgi
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Lin Zhu
• Katie Volynets vs. Shelby Rogers