WTA Indian Wells: Paolini makes last 16 to face Samsonova
Jasmine Paolini edged out Jaqueline Cristian 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. She’ll face No 24 seed Liudmila Samsonova in the next round
Jasmine Paolini, 2025
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Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 6 seed, edged out Romanian Jaqueline Cristian 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to reach the last 16 of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Monday.
Paolini, ranked No 6, will play No 24 seed Liudmila Samsonova next.
The Italian beat American wildcard Iva Jovic (7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-3) ahead of her win today.
Earlier in the week, Cristian, ranked No 79, won against Russian Veronika Kudermetova (6-2, 6-3) and Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 27 seed (5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-3).
Indian Wells WTA 1000, other third-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,963,700):
- Donna Vekic (19) beat Emma Navarro (10): 7-6 (5), 6-1
- Liudmila Samsonova beat Daria Kasatkina (12): 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-1, 6-2
- Belinda Bencic (WC) beat Diana Shnaider (13): 6-4, 6-4
- Coco Gauff (3) beat Maria Sakkari (29): 7-6 (1), 6-2
- Sonay Kartal (LL) beat Polina Kudermetova: 7-5, 6-3
- Madison Keys (5) beat Elise Mertens (28): 6-2, 6-7 (8), 6-4
- Qinwen Zheng (8) beat Lulu Sun: 6-4, 7-5
- Mirra Andreeva (9) beat Clara Tauson (22): 6-3, 6-0
- Elina Svitolina (23) beat Danielle Collins (14): 6-2, 6-4
- Jessica Pegula (4) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-2, 6-1
- Karolina Muchova (15) beat Katerina Siniakova: 7-5, 6-1
- Elena Rybakina (7) beat Katie Boulter (25): 6-0, 7-5
- Iga Swiatek (2) beat Dayana Yastremska: 6-0, 6-2
- Marta Kostyuk (18) beat Caroline Dolehide (WC): 6-3, 6-3
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