Indian Wells: Blinkova reaches second round, Kudermetova next

Russian Anna Blinkova won against American wildcard Ann Li 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Indian Wells at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Wednesday.

Blinkova, ranked No 69, will face No 11 seed Veronika Kudermetova next.

Indian Wells WTA 1000, other first-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):

• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Alycia Parks
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Jil Teichmann
• Elizabeth Mandlik vs. Alison Riske-Amritraj
• Rebecca Peterson vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Tatjana Maria vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Ysaline Bonaventure vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Sloane Stephens vs. Sofia Kenin
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Karolina Muchova
• Laura Siegemund vs. Madison Brengle
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Rebecca Marino
• Maryna Zanevska vs. Lauren Davis
• Dalma Galfi vs. Danielle Collins
• Emma Navarro vs. Catherine McNally
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Bernarda Pera vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Jule Niemeier
• Danka Kovinic vs. Emma Raducanu
• Rebeka Masarova vs. Peyton Stearns
• Claire Liu vs. Alison Van Uytvanck
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Lin Zhu
• Arantxa Rus vs. Camila Giorgi
• Olga Danilovic vs. Xiyu Wang
• Katie Volynets vs. Shelby Rogers
• Xinyu Wang vs. Elise Mertens
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Anna Bondar
• Katie Swan vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Mayar Sherif vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Evgeniya Rodina vs. Alize Cornet: wednesday
• Linda Noskova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu: wednesday
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Kaia Kanepi: wednesday