Indian Wells: Third seed Pegula into third round, meets Potapova next
The American defeated big-hitting Camila Giorgi 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 on Friday
Jessica Pegula of the U.S. reacts during her third round match against Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk at the 2023 Australian Open
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American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, won against Italian Camila Giorgi 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 to move into the third round of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells on Friday.
The win improved Pegula’s record over Giorgi to 5-1. Pegula, ranked No 3, will play Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 26 seed, next.
In the previous round of the tournament, Giorgi, ranked No 46, defeated Dutch qualifier Arantxa Rus (6-3, 6-3) while Pegula had a received a first-round bye.
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Indian Wells WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,800,000):
- Linda Noskova beat Amanda Anisimova (31): 7-6 (6), 6-3
- Karolina Pliskova (17) beat Anna Kalinskaya: 2-6, 6-0, 6-4
- Xinyu Wang beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (18): 6-2, 6-3
- Coco Gauff (6) 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 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
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