Indian Wells: 18-year-old Noskova sets up all-teen battle against Coco Gauff

18-year-old Czech Linda Noskova reached the third round of the BNP Paribas Open by beating American Amanda Anisimova, the No 31 seed, 7-6 (6), 6-3 at Indian Wells on Friday.

Noskova, ranked No 54 in the world, will face fellow teen Coco Gauff, the No 6 seed, next. Gauff, a finalist at Roland-Garros in 2022, turns 19 years old on Monday.

In the previous round of the Indian Wells tournament, the 18-year-old Noskova won against Romanian veteran Irina-Camelia Begu (7-6 (7), 6-1).

Indian Wells WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,800,000):

• Karolina Pliskova (17) beat Anna Kalinskaya: 2-6, 6-0, 6-4
• Xinyu Wang beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (18): 6-2, 6-3
• Coco Gauff beat Cristina Bucsa (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Maria Sakkari (7) beat Shelby Rogers: 2-6, 6-4, 6-0
• Rebecca Peterson beat Shuai Zhang (22): 3-0 ret.
• Anastasia Potapova (26) beat Xiyu Wang: 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Petra Kvitova (15) beat Elizabeth Mandlik (WC): 6-1, 7-5
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Evgeniya Rodina: 6-2, 6-0
• Barbora Krejcikova (16) beat Dayana Yastremska (WC): 6-1, 6-2
• Veronika Kudermetova (11) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-3, 6-4
• Lesia Tsurenko (Q) beat Donna Vekic (29): 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Jil Teichmann beat Belinda Bencic (9): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Jelena Ostapenko (24) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
• Anhelina Kalinina (27) beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Madison Keys
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Paula Badosa
• Ons Jabeur vs. Magdalena Frech
• Peyton Stearns vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Elena Rybakina vs. Sofia Kenin
• Tatjana Maria vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Martina Trevisan vs. Madison Brengle
• Dalma Galfi vs. Caroline Garcia
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Emma Navarro
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Bernarda Pera
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Iga Swiatek vs. Claire Liu
• Petra Martic vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Karolina Muchova vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Magda Linette vs. Emma Raducanu
• Camila Giorgi vs. Jessica Pegula

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