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yIndian Wells: Badosa sets up Rybakina clash in third round
The Spaniard defeated countrywoman Nuria Parrizas Diaz 6-2, 7-5 in the second round
Paula Badosa (ESP) defeated Leylah Fernandez (CAN) 6-4, 6-4, at the BNP Paribas Open being played at Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California on March 15, 2022: || 225043_0011 1000 2022 ATP BNP BNP PARIBAS OPEN CHAMPION Indian INDIAN WELLS MASTERS open Paribas PRESS sport tennis WTA zagency zcsm zselect zsports Zuma ZUMAPRESS.com zwire
No 21 seed Paula Badosa advanced to the third round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells by defeating fellow Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz 6-2, 7-5 on Saturday.
Badosa, a former world No 2 who is now ranked No 22 in the world, will play Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, the No 10 seed, next.
Badosa holds a 4-1 edge over Rybakina in head-to-head, including wins in their last three encounters.
In the previous round of the Indian Wells tournament, Parrizas Diaz, ranked No 88, won against Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto (6-3, 7-5).
Indian Wells WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,800,000, most recent results first):
- Sorana Cirstea beat Madison Keys (19): 6-1 ret.
- Ons Jabeur (4) beat Magdalena Frech (LL): 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
- Bianca Andreescu (32) beat Peyton Stearns (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Elena Rybakina beat Sofia Kenin (WC): 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5)
- Martina Trevisan (23) beat Madison Brengle: 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
- Daria Kasatkina (8) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-2, 6-1
- Caroline Garcia (5) beat Dalma Galfi (LL): 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-4
- Leylah Fernandez (30) beat Emma Navarro (WC): 6-2, 6-4
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Claire Liu: 6-0, 6-1
- Bernarda Pera beat Liudmila Samsonova (12): 2-6, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (6)
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (13) beat Katerina Siniakova: 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Varvara Gracheva (Q) beat Petra Martic (25): 6-3, 6-2
- Karolina Muchova beat Victoria Azarenka (14): 7-6 (1), 6-3
- Marketa Vondrousova beat Marie Bouzkova (28): 6-1, 6-1
- Emma Raducanu beat Magda Linette (20): 7-6 (3), 6-2
- Linda Noskova beat Amanda Anisimova (31): 7-6 (6), 6-3
- Jessica Pegula (3) beat Camila Giorgi: 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Karolina Pliskova (17) beat Anna Kalinskaya: 2-6, 6-0, 6-4
- Xinyu Wang beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (18): 6-2, 6-3
- Coco Gauff (6) beat Cristina Bucsa (Q): 6-2, 6-4
- Maria Sakkari (7) beat Shelby Rogers: 2-6, 6-4, 6-0
- Rebecca Peterson beat Shuai Zhang (22): 3-0 ret.
- Anastasia Potapova (26) beat Xiyu Wang: 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Petra Kvitova (15) beat Elizabeth Mandlik (WC): 6-1, 7-5
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Evgeniya Rodina: 6-2, 6-0
- Barbora Krejcikova (16) beat Dayana Yastremska (WC): 6-1, 6-2
- Veronika Kudermetova (11) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-3, 6-4
- Lesia Tsurenko (Q) beat Donna Vekic (29): 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
- Jil Teichmann beat Belinda Bencic (9): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Jelena Ostapenko (24) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
- Anhelina Kalinina (27) beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
