Indian Wells: American Liu wins, to face top-ranked Swiatek in second round

The American defeated Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Thursday night

Claire Liu 2022 Zuma / Panoramic
BNP Paribas Open •First round • completed
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American Claire Liu moved into the second round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells by defeating Slovak lucky loser Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Thursday.

The reward for 56th ranked Liu is a second round meeting against top seed and world No 1 Iga Swiatek, of Poland.

Indian Wells WTA 1000, other first-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,800,000, most recent results first):

  • Peyton Stearns (WC) beat Rebeka Masarova (Q): 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
  • Madison Brengle beat Laura Siegemund (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-4
  • Marketa Vondrousova beat Rebecca Marino: 6-2, 6-2
  • Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-3, 7-5
  • Karolina Muchova beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
  • Sorana Cirstea beat Kimberly Birrell (Q): 6-3, 6-2
  • Emma Raducanu beat Danka Kovinic: 6-2, 6-3
  • Tatjana Maria beat Jasmine Paolini: 7-5, 6-1
  • Varvara Gracheva (Q) beat Ysaline Bonaventure (Q): 6-2, 6-2
  • Katerina Siniakova beat Jule Niemeier: 7-5, 6-4
  • Dalma Galfi (LL) beat Danielle Collins: 6-4, 6-4
  • Bernarda Pera beat Lucia Bronzetti: 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
  • Jil Teichmann beat Ashlyn Krueger (Q): 6-1, 6-4
  • Anna Kalinskaya beat Alycia Parks: 6-1, 6-1
  • Elizabeth Mandlik (WC) beat Alison Riske-Amritraj: 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (1)
  • Rebecca Peterson beat Marta Kostyuk: 7-5, 5-7, 7-5
  • Camila Giorgi beat Arantxa Rus (Q): 6-3, 6-3
  • Lesia Tsurenko (Q) beat Lin Zhu: 6-4, 6-3
  • Shelby Rogers beat Katie Volynets (WC): 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
  • Xiyu Wang beat Olga Danilovic (Q): 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
  • Cristina Bucsa (Q) beat Katie Swan (Q): 7-6 (6), 7-5
  • Xinyu Wang beat Elise Mertens: 6-3, 6-1
  • Linda Fruhvirtova beat Mayar Sherif: 0-6, 6-2, 6-3
  • Dayana Yastremska (WC) beat Anna Bondar: 6-3, 6-4
  • Evgeniya Rodina beat Alize Cornet: 6-2, 7-5
  • Linda Noskova beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 7-6 (7), 6-1
  • Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
  • Anna Blinkova beat Ann Li (WC): 6-1, 6-2
  • Emma Navarro vs. Catherine McNally
  • Maryna Zanevska vs. Magdalena Frech
  • Sloane Stephens vs. Sofia Kenin

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