Indian Wells 1000: Samsonova comes from behind to beat Kasatkina

No 24 seed Liudmila Samsonova moved into the last 16 of the Indian Wells WTA 1000 by beating No 12 seed Daria Kasatkina 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in California on Monday night.

Samsonova, ranked No 25, will play the winner of the match between Romanian Jaqueline Cristian and Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 6 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, Liudmila Samsonova won against American Catherine McNally (7-6 (8), 6-4).

Kasatkina, ranked No 12, edged out American Sofia Kenin (3-6, 7-5, 6-4) in the previous round of the Indian Wells tournament.

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

• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Emma Navarro vs. Donna Vekic
• 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