Indian Wells: Kostyuk into last eight

Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 31 seed, advanced to the last eight of the Indian Wells by winning against Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 22 seed, 6-4, 6-1 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Tuesday evening.

Kostyuk, ranked No 32, will face Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 28 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the 21-year-old Ukrainian beat Japanese qualifier Mai Hontama (6-4, 6-2) and No 7 seed Marketa Vondrousova (W/O).

Pavlyuchenkova, ranked No 24, defeated Spanish qualifier Nuria Parrizas Diaz (6-3, 6-1) and Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 12 seed (2-6, 6-4, 6-3) earlier in the tournament.

Indian Wells WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 9.258.080, most recent results first):

• Iga Swiatek vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Angelique Kerber vs. Caroline Wozniacki
• Emma Navarro vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Diane Parry vs. Maria Sakkari
• Elise Mertens vs. Coco Gauff
• Yue Yuan vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Anastasia Potapova beat Jasmine Paolini (13): 7-5, 0-6, 6-3