Indian Wells: Gauff has to fight against Peterson to reach quarter-finals

Coco Gauff edged out Rebecca Peterson 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 on Tuesday and will play the winner of the match between Czech Barbora Krejcikova, the No 16 seed, and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, in the next round

Mar 12, 2023; Indian Wells, CA, USA; Coco Gauff (USA) hits a forehand during her third round match against Linda Noskova (CZE) during the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)

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March 14, 2023

BNP Paribas Open •Round of 16 • Completed

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C. GauffvsR. Peterson

American Coco Gauff, the No 6 seed, edged out Swede Rebecca Peterson 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Tuesday.

She was down in all three sets before coming back to win – her 29th straight victory against a player ranked outside the Top 50.

Coco FINDS A WAY 😤@CocoGauff comes from a break down in the final set to reach the Indian Wells quarterfinals for the first time!#TennisParadise pic.twitter.com/TNkgumcxjG
— wta (@WTA) March 14, 2023

Gauff, ranked No 6, will face the winner of the match between Czech Barbora Krejcikova, the No 16 seed, and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, next.

The 19-year-old American won against Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa (6-2, 6-4) and Czech Linda Noskova (6-4, 6-3) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds of the Indian Wells tournament, Peterson, ranked No 103, defeated Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (7-5, 5-7, 7-5), Chinese Shuai Zhang, the No 22 seed (3-0 ret.) and Swiss Jil Teichmann (3-6, 6-3, 6-1).

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