Indian Wells WTA 1000: Cristian through to third round
Jaqueline Cristian defeated Leylah Fernandez 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Sunday night. She’ll face Jasmine Paolini, the No 6 seed, next
Jacqueline Cristian 2022, © Zuma / Panoramic
Romanian Jaqueline Cristian beat Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 27 seed, 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-3 to advance to the third round of the Indian Wells WTA 1000 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Saturday.
Cristian, ranked No 79, will play Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 6 seed, next.
The Romanian won against Russian Veronika Kudermetova (6-2, 6-3) ahead of her victory.
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
- Diana Shnaider (13) beat Alycia Parks (WC): 6-1, 6-1
- Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat McCartney Kessler: 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Liudmila Samsonova (24) beat Catherine McNally: 7-6 (8), 6-4
- Belinda Bencic (WC) beat Amanda Anisimova (17): 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1
- Daria Kasatkina (12) beat Sofia Kenin: 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
- Elise Mertens (28) beat Kimberly Birrell (Q): 6-4, 7-5
- Sonay Kartal (LL) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (16): 6-2, 6-1
- Coco Gauff (3) beat Moyuka Uchijima: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (4)
- Donna Vekic (19) beat Elina Avanesyan: 6-3, 6-3
- Jasmine Paolini beat Iva Jovic (WC): 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-3
- Madison Keys (5) beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-3, 6-0
- Maria Sakkari (29) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-0, 6-3
- Polina Kudermetova beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (20): 7-5, 6-2
- Lucia Bronzetti beat Magdalena Frech (30): 6-3, 7-5
- Qinwen Zheng (8) beat Victoria Azarenka: 6-3, 6-4
- Danielle Collins (14) beat Hailey Baptiste (Q): 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
- 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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