Indian Wells WTA 1000: Kudermetova eases past qualifier Liu to reach second round

Russian Polina Kudermetova moved into the second round of the Indian Wells WTA 1000 by winning against American qualifier Claire Liu 6-4, 6-2 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

Kudermetova, ranked No 60, will face No 20 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova next.

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

• Alycia Parks vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Lauren Davis vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Anna Blinkova vs. McCartney Kessler
• Iva Jovic vs. Julia Grabher
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Viktorija Golubic vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Belinda Bencic vs. Tatjana Maria
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Sonay Kartal vs. Varvara Lepchenko
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Maya Joint
• Emma Raducanu vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Olga Danilovic vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Catherine McNally
• Sofia Kenin beat Maddison Inglis (Q): 6-2, 6-1
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Lucia Bronzetti: thursday
• Dayana Yastremska beat Yue Yuan: 6-2, 6-4
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Katie Volynets: 0-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Robin Montgomery (WC) beat Jule Niemeier (Q): 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
• Camila Osorio beat Naomi Osaka: 6-4, 6-4
• Victoria Azarenka beat Clervie Ngounoue (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• Katerina Siniakova beat Maria Lourdes Carle (Q): 6-2, 6-1
• Caroline Dolehide (WC) beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-2, 7-6 (3)
• Xinyu Wang beat Mayar Sherif: 6-4, 7-5
• Magda Linette beat Peyton Stearns: 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
• Suzan Lamens beat Marie Bouzkova: 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Hailey Baptiste (Q) beat Whitney Osuigwe (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Irina-Camelia Begu beat Ann Li: 7-5, 3-6, 6-1
• Caroline Garcia beat Bernarda Pera (WC): 6-3, 6-4
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Renata Zarazua: 6-4, 1-0 ret.
• Lulu Sun beat Rebecca Sramkova: 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (2)
• Varvara Gracheva beat Petra Kvitova (WC): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4