Indian Wells: Blinkova ousts Pliskova in tight first-round clash
Anna Blinkova edged out Karolina Pliskova 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 on Thursday night. She’ll face No 5 seed Jessica Pegula in the next round
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Russian Anna Blinkova moved into the second round of the Indian Wells by edging out wildcard Karolina Pliskova 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Thursday night.
Blinkova, ranked No 45, will play No 5 seed Jessica Pegula next.
Indian Wells WTA 1000, other first-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 9.258.080, most recent results first):
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Sofia Kenin
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Peyton Stearns
- Sloane Stephens vs. Mayar Sherif
- Diana Shnaider vs. Ana Bogdan
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Caroline Dolehide
- Liv Hovde vs. Lesia Tsurenko
- Diane Parry vs. Martina Trevisan
- Xinyu Wang vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Oceane Dodin
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Yue Yuan
- Naomi Osaka vs. Sara Errani: thursday
- Taylor Townsend vs. Magda Linette: thursday
- Hailey Baptiste (Q) beat Robin Montgomery (Q): 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
- Nao Hibino (Q) beat Venus Williams (WC): 2-6, 6-3, 6-0
- Caroline Wozniacki (WC) beat Lin Zhu: 7-6 (6), 6-1
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz (Q) beat Mccartney Kessler (WC): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Danielle Collins beat Erika Andreeva (Q): 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6)
- Nadia Podoroska (LL) beat Ashlyn Krueger (WC): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Emma Raducanu (WC) beat Rebeka Masarova (Q): 6-2, 6-3
- Katerina Siniakova beat Greet Minnen: 7-5, 7-6 (3)
- Clara Burel beat Xiyu Wang: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Lucia Bronzetti beat Magdalena Frech: 6-2, 6-4
- Yulia Putintseva beat Tamara Korpatsch: 6-2, 6-3
- Bernarda Pera (Q) beat Daria Saville: 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (5)
- Camila Giorgi beat Katie Boulter: 6-3, 6-2
- Katie Volynets (WC) beat Mirra Andreeva: 7-5, 7-5
- Mai Hontama (Q) beat Shuai Zhang: 5-7, 6-2, 6-0
- Rebecca Sramkova (Q) beat Yafan Wang: 6-4, 6-0
- Tatjana Maria beat Arantxa Rus: 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Marie Bouzkova beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-1, 6-1
- Angelique Kerber beat Petra Martic: 6-3, 6-4
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