Zheng beats Azarenka to book spot in third round of Indian Wells Open

Chinese Zheng Qinwen, the No 8 seed, reached the third round of the Indian Wells WTA 1000 by beating Belarusian Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 6-4 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Friday.

Zheng, ranked No 9, will play New Zealander Lulu Sun next.

In the previous round of the Indian Wells tournament, Azarenka, ranked No 35, won against American qualifier Clervie Ngounoue (6-4, 7-6 (7)).

Indian Wells WTA 1000, other second-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8.963.700, most recent results first):

• Emma Navarro vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. McCartney Kessler
• Alycia Parks vs. Diana Shnaider
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Catherine McNally vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Belinda Bencic
• Elise Mertens vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Sofia Kenin
• Coco Gauff vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Sonay Kartal vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Donna Vekic
• Iva Jovic vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Madison Keys
• Viktoriya Tomova vs. Maria Sakkari
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Polina Kudermetova
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Magdalena Frech
• Danielle Collins vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Mirra Andreeva (9) beat Varvara Gracheva: 7-5, 6-4
• Elina Svitolina (23) beat Ashlyn Krueger: 6-1, 6-7 (8), 6-3
• Jessica Pegula (4) beat Magda Linette: 6-4, 6-2
• Xinyu Wang beat Jelena Ostapenko (26): 6-4, 6-4
• Iga Swiatek (2) beat Caroline Garcia: 6-2, 6-0
• Caroline Dolehide (WC) beat Eva Lys (LL): 7-6 (3), 6-4
• Lulu Sun beat Linda Noskova (31): 6-1, 6-4
• Dayana Yastremska beat Ons Jabeur (32): 6-3, 6-1
• Clara Tauson (22) beat Camila Osorio: 7-6 (3), 7-5
• Katerina Siniakova beat Yulia Putintseva (21): 6-2, 6-2
• Karolina Muchova (15) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-4, 6-3
• Marta Kostyuk (18) beat Robin Montgomery (WC): 6-1, 6-3
• Katie Boulter (25) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-0
• Elena Rybakina (7) beat Suzan Lamens: 6-3, 6-3

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