Indian Wells: Krejcikova extends winning streak to eight, to meet Sabalenka in last 16

Czech Barbora Krejcikova, the No 16 seed, moved into the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells by beating Chinese Xinyu Wang 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-2 on Sunday.

Krejcikova, ranked No 16 in the world, has now won eight matches in a row on the WTA Tour. She won the Dubai Open title last month, scoring wins over the two hottest players of the season so far – world No 1 Iga Swiatek and Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka.

The Czech will face Sabalenka again in the next round in Indian Wells, with Krejcikova hoping to even their head-to-head at 2-2.

The Czech won against Ukrainian wildcard Dayana Yastremska (6-1, 6-2) in the previous round of the Indian Wells tournament.

Wang, ranked No 67, defeated Belgian Elise Mertens (6-3, 6-1) and Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 18 seed (6-2, 6-3) in previous rounds this week.

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

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