Indian Wells: Potapova wins 8th three-setter this year, to meet Pegula next
The Russian defeated Xiyu Wang 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 on Friday
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Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 26 seed, beat Chinese Xiyu Wang 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 to move into the third round of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells on Friday.
This was the Russian’s eighth deciding set win in 2023, improving her record in 2023 to 12-6.
Potapova, ranked No 28, will play American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, next. Pegula defeated Italian Camila Giorgi in another second round encounter.
Wang, ranked No 59, won against Serb qualifier Olga Danilovic (4-6, 6-2, 6-3) in the first round of the Indian Wells tournament.
Indian Wells WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,800,000):
- Rebecca Peterson beat Shuai Zhang (22): 3-0 ret.
- 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 (11) 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
- Maria Sakkari vs. Shelby Rogers: saturday
- 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
- Camila Giorgi vs. Jessica Pegula
- Xinyu Wang vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Linda Noskova vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Coco Gauff vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Anna Kalinskaya
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