Indian Wells: Krejcikova extends winning streak to eight, to meet Sabalenka in last 16

The former French Openc hampion defeated Xinyu Wang 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-2 on Sunday

Barbora Krejcikova at the 2023 Indian Wells Masters Barbora Krejcikova during the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Image Credit: AI/Reuters/Panoramic
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Czech Barbora Krejcikova, the No 16 seed, moved into the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells by beating Chinese Xinyu Wang 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-2 on Sunday.

Krejcikova, ranked No 16 in the world, has now won eight matches in a row on the WTA Tour. She won the Dubai Open title last month, scoring wins over the two hottest players of the season so far – world No 1 Iga Swiatek and Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka.

The Czech will face Sabalenka again in the next round in Indian Wells, with Krejcikova hoping to even their head-to-head at 2-2.

The Czech won against Ukrainian wildcard Dayana Yastremska (6-1, 6-2) in the previous round of the Indian Wells tournament.

Wang, ranked No 67, defeated Belgian Elise Mertens (6-3, 6-1) and Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 18 seed (6-2, 6-3) in previous rounds this week.

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

  • Petra Kvitova (15) beat Jelena Ostapenko (24): 0-6, 6-0, 6-4
  • Coco Gauff (6) beat Linda Noskova: 6-4, 6-3
  • Jessica Pegula (3) beat Anastasia Potapova (26): 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
  • Karolina Pliskova (17) beat Veronika Kudermetova (11): 6-1, 7-5
  • Maria Sakkari (7) beat Anhelina Kalinina (27): 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
  • Rebecca Peterson beat Jil Teichmann: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
  • Varvara Gracheva vs. Daria Kasatkina
  • Iga Swiatek vs. Bianca Andreescu
  • Ons Jabeur vs. Marketa Vondrousova
  • Elena Rybakina vs. Paula Badosa
  • Martina Trevisan vs. Karolina Muchova
  • Emma Raducanu vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
  • Leylah Fernandez vs. Caroline Garcia
  • Bernarda Pera vs. Sorana Cirstea

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