Indian Wells: Kasatkina wins, to meet Gracheva in third round

Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 8 seed, won against German Tatjana Maria 6-2, 6-1 to move into the third round of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells on Saturday.

Kasatkina, ranked No 8, will play Russian qualifier Varvara Gracheva next.

In the previous round of the Indian Wells tournament, Maria, ranked No 70 in the world and a semi-finalist at Wimbledon last year, defeated Italian Jasmine Paolini (7-5, 6-1).

Indian Wells WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,800,000):

• 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 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
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Madison Keys
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Paula Badosa
• Ons Jabeur vs. Magdalena Frech
• Peyton Stearns vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Elena Rybakina vs. Sofia Kenin
• Martina Trevisan vs. Madison Brengle
• Dalma Galfi vs. Caroline Garcia

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