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yIndian Wells: Rybakina defeats former champ Badosa to make last 16
The Wimbledon champ will face the winner of the match between qualifier Varvara Gracheva and No 8 seed Daria Kasatkina in the next round
Elena Rybakina at the 2023 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells
Image Credit: Icon SMI / Panoramic
Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, the No 10 seed, advanced to the last 16 of Indian Wells by defeating former world No 2 and her doubles partner this week, Paula Badosa, from Spain, 6-3, 7-5 on Monday.
Rybakina, ranked No 10, will play the winner of the match between qualifier Varvara Gracheva and No 8 seed Daria Kasatkina next.
In the previous round of the Indian Wells tournament, the Kazakh had won against American wildcard Sofia Kenin (7-6 (6), 7-6 (5)).
Badosa, ranked No 22 in the world currently and seeded 21st this week, beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (6-2, 7-5) earlier in the week.
Indian Wells WTA 1000, other third-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,800,000):
- Karolina Muchova beat Martina Trevisan (23): 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
- Caroline Garcia (5) beat Leylah Fernandez (30): 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-1
- Sorana Cirstea beat Bernarda Pera: 6-3, 6-1
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Barbora Krejcikova (16) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-2
- Petra Kvitova (15) beat Jelena Ostapenko (24): 0-6, 6-0, 6-4
- Coco Gauff (6) beat Linda Noskova: 6-4, 6-3
- Jessica Pegula (3) beat Anastasia Potapova (26): 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Karolina Pliskova (17) beat Veronika Kudermetova (11): 6-1, 7-5
- Maria Sakkari (7) beat Anhelina Kalinina (27): 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Rebecca Peterson beat Jil Teichmann: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Iga Swiatek vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Ons Jabeur vs. Marketa Vondrousova
- Emma Raducanu vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
