Indian Wells: Sabalenka advances to fourth round as Tsurenko withdraws, faces Krejcikova next

Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, advanced to the fourth round of the Indian Wells after Ukrainian qualifier Lesia Tsurenko withdrew before the match on Sunday.

Sabalenka, ranked No 2 in the world, will face Czech Barbora Krejcikova, the No 16 seed. Krejcikova is the only player to beat Sabalenka in 2023, with the Czech winning their quarter-final clash in Dubai last month.

Earlier in the week, the Belarusian won against Russian Evgeniya Rodina (6-2, 6-0).

Tsurenko, ranked No 95, defeated Chinese Lin Zhu (6-4, 6-3) and Croat Donna Vekic, the No 29 seed (2-6, 6-2, 6-2) earlier in the tournament.

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

• Petra Kvitova (15) beat Jelena Ostapenko (24): 0-6, 6-0, 6-4
• Coco Gauff (6) beat Linda Noskova: 6-4, 6-3
• Jessica Pegula (3) beat Anastasia Potapova (26): 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Karolina Pliskova (17) beat Veronika Kudermetova (11): 6-1, 7-5
• Maria Sakkari (7) beat Anhelina Kalinina (27): 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Rebecca Peterson beat Jil Teichmann: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Iga Swiatek vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Ons Jabeur vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Elena Rybakina vs. Paula Badosa
• Martina Trevisan vs. Karolina Muchova
• Emma Raducanu vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Caroline Garcia
• Bernarda Pera vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Xinyu Wang

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