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yIndian Wells: Pliskova bounces back to beat Kalinskaya, plays Kudermetova in third round
The former world No 1 defeated Russian Anna Kalinskaya 2-6, 6-0, 6-4 on Friday
Karolina Pliskova at the 2023 Australian Open
Czech Karolina Pliskova, the No 17 seed, edged out Russian Anna Kalinskaya 2-6, 6-0, 6-4 to reach the third round of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells on Friday.
Pliskova, ranked No 17 in the world, will play No 11 seed Veronika Kudermetova next.
Kalinskaya, ranked No 60, defeated American Alycia Parks (6-1, 6-1) in the first round of the Indian Wells tournament while Pliskova received a first round bye.
Indian Wells WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,800,000):
- Xinyu Wang beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (18): 6-2, 6-3
- Coco Gauff (6) beat Cristina Bucsa (Q): 6-2, 6-4
- Maria Sakkari (7) beat Shelby Rogers: 2-6, 6-4, 6-0
- Rebecca Peterson beat Shuai Zhang (22): 3-0 ret.
- Anastasia Potapova (26) beat Xiyu Wang: 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Petra Kvitova (15) beat Elizabeth Mandlik (WC): 6-1, 7-5
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Evgeniya Rodina: 6-2, 6-0
- Barbora Krejcikova (16) beat Dayana Yastremska (WC): 6-1, 6-2
- Veronika Kudermetova beat Anna Blinkova: 6-3, 6-4
- 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
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Madison Keys
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Paula Badosa
- Ons Jabeur vs. Magdalena Frech
- Peyton Stearns vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Elena Rybakina vs. Sofia Kenin
- Tatjana Maria vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Martina Trevisan vs. Madison Brengle
- Dalma Galfi vs. Caroline Garcia
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Emma Navarro
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Bernarda Pera
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Iga Swiatek vs. Claire Liu
- Petra Martic vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Karolina Muchova vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Magda Linette vs. Emma Raducanu
- Linda Noskova vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Camila Giorgi vs. Jessica Pegula
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