Indian Wells: Kudermetova advances to third round with straight sets win
The Russian will play the winner of the match between Czech Karolina Pliskova, the No 17 seed, and Russian Anna Kalinskaya in the next round
Veronika Kudermetova | © Panoramic
No 11 seed Veronika Kudermetova advanced to the third round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells by winning against Anna Blinkova 6-3, 6-4 on Friday.
Kudermetova, ranked No 11, will play the winner of the match between Czech Karolina Pliskova, the No 17 seed, and Russian Anna Kalinskaya next.
In the previous round of the Indian Wells tournament, Blinkova, ranked No 69, defeated American wildcard Ann Li (6-1, 6-2).
Indian Wells WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,800,000):
- Barbora Krejcikova (16) beat Dayana Yastremska (WC): 6-1, 6-2
- 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
- Ons Jabeur vs. Magdalena Frech
- Tatjana Maria vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Petra Martic vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Paula Badosa
- Elena Rybakina vs. Sofia Kenin
- Martina Trevisan vs. Madison Brengle
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Dalma Galfi vs. Caroline Garcia
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Emma Navarro
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Madison Keys
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Bernarda Pera
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Magda Linette vs. Emma Raducanu
- Peyton Stearns vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Iga Swiatek vs. Claire Liu
- Karolina Muchova vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Camila Giorgi vs. Jessica Pegula
- Linda Noskova vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Coco Gauff vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Xiyu Wang
- Petra Kvitova vs. Elizabeth Mandlik
- Evgeniya Rodina vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Maria Sakkari vs. Shelby Rogers
- Xinyu Wang vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Shuai Zhang vs. Rebecca Peterson
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