Indian Wells: Giorgi continues best start to season, sets up Pegula clash in second round

Italian Camila Giorgi won against Dutch qualifier Arantxa Rus 6-3, 6-3 to reach the second round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells on Wednesday.

Giorgi, who won the Merida Open at the end of last month, improved to 9-5 for the season with the win, her best start to a season in her career so far.

The Italian, ranked No 46 in the world, will face No 3 seed Jessica Pegula next.

Indian Wells WTA 1000, other first-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,800,000, most recent results first):

• Xiyu Wang beat Olga Danilovic (Q): 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Cristina Bucsa (Q) beat Katie Swan (Q): 7-6 (6), 7-5
• Xinyu Wang beat Elise Mertens: 6-3, 6-1
• Linda Fruhvirtova beat Mayar Sherif: 0-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Dayana Yastremska (WC) beat Anna Bondar: 6-3, 6-4
• Evgeniya Rodina beat Alize Cornet: 6-2, 7-5
• Linda Noskova beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 7-6 (7), 6-1
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Anna Blinkova beat Ann Li (WC): 6-1, 6-2
• Emma Navarro vs. Catherine McNally
• Maryna Zanevska vs. Lauren Davis
• Sloane Stephens vs. Sofia Kenin
• Claire Liu vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Karolina Muchova
• Laura Siegemund vs. Madison Brengle
• Rebeka Masarova vs. Peyton Stearns
• Tatjana Maria vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Rebecca Marino
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Danka Kovinic vs. Emma Raducanu
• Ysaline Bonaventure vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Dalma Galfi vs. Danielle Collins
• Bernarda Pera vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Jule Niemeier
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Alycia Parks
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Jil Teichmann
• Elizabeth Mandlik vs. Alison Riske-Amritraj
• Rebecca Peterson vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Lin Zhu
• Katie Volynets vs. Shelby Rogers