Indian Wells: Kerber plays out of her skin to defeat Ostapenko

German Angelique Kerber reached the third round of the Indian Wells by winning against Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 10 seed, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Friday evening.

The win was Kerber’s first top 10 scalp as a mother, with the German saying on-court after the match, “You know guys, being here playing in front of you is just great. This is why I’m back. Because I have the emotions. I see you guys. Thank you guys for the best support.”

Angelique Kerber will face the winner of the match between Japanese qualifier Nao Hibino and Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 17 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the 36-year-old German beat Croat Petra Martic (6-3, 6-4).

Indian Wells WTA 1000, other second-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 9.258.080, most recent results first):

• Elena Rybakina vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Madison Keys vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Rebecca Sramkova
• Katie Volynets vs. Ons Jabeur
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Taylor Townsend
• Camila Giorgi vs. Linda Noskova
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Emma Raducanu
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Emma Navarro
• Elina Svitolina vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Diane Parry vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Jessica Pegula vs. Anna Blinkova
• Clara Burel vs. Coco Gauff
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Xinyu Wang vs. Elise Mertens
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Naomi Osaka
• Oceane Dodin vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Sloane Stephens
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Yue Yuan
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Mai Hontama
• Tatjana Maria vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Donna Vekic vs. Caroline Wozniacki
• Nao Hibino vs. Veronika Kudermetova: friday
• Iga Swiatek vs. Danielle Collins: friday
• Marketa Vondrousova (7) beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-0, 6-2
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (22) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Yulia Putintseva beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (15): 7-5, 6-1