Indian Wells: Muchova beats Vondrousova to reach quarter-finals, plays Rybakina next

Karolina Muchova reached the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells by edging out fellow Czech Marketa Vondrousova 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-4 on Tuesday.

Muchova, ranked No 76, will face Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 10 seed, who defeated Russian qualifier Varvara Gracheva 6-3, 6-0.

Karolina Muchova won against Kazakh Yulia Putintseva (6-3, 4-6, 6-4), Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 14 seed (7-6 (1), 6-3) and Italian Martina Trevisan, the No 23 seed (6-4, 3-6, 6-4) in the previous rounds of the tournament.

Earlier in the tournament, Vondrousova, ranked No 105 in the world, defeated Canadian Rebecca Marino (6-2, 6-2), No 28 seed Marie Bouzkova (6-1, 6-1) and Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 4 seed (7-6 (5), 6-4).

Indian Wells WTA 1000, other round of 16 results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,800,000):

• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Barbora Krejcikova (16): 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
• Coco Gauff (6) beat Rebecca Peterson: 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
• Maria Sakkari (7) beat Karolina Pliskova (17): 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
• Iga Swiatek vs. Emma Raducanu
• Elena Rybakina vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Caroline Garcia
• Petra Kvitova vs. Jessica Pegula

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