Indian Wells: Sakkari finishes strong to make third round

Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 9 seed, defeated Russian Diana Shnaider 5-7, 6-4, 6-0 to reach the third round of the Indian Wells at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Saturday evening.

Sakkari, ranked No 9, will face Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 20 seed, next.

Shnaider, ranked No 74, won against Romanian Ana Bogdan (5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-3) in the previous round of the Indian Wells tournament.

Indian Wells WTA 1000, other second-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 9.258.080, most recent results first):

• Qinwen Zheng vs. Yue Yuan
• Peyton Stearns vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Emma Navarro
• Elina Svitolina vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Naomi Osaka
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Sloane Stephens
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Jessica Pegula vs. Anna Blinkova: saturday
• Caroline Garcia beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
• Elise Mertens (24) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-1, 6-4
• Emma Raducanu (WC) beat Dayana Yastremska (30): 4-0 ret.
• Diane Parry beat Leylah Fernandez (29): 7-5, 5-7, 6-2
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Clara Burel: 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Lucia Bronzetti beat Anhelina Kalinina (32): 6-3, 6-4
• Daria Kasatkina (11) beat Oceane Dodin: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Madison Keys (18) beat Hailey Baptiste (Q): 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4)
• Nadia Podoroska (LL) beat Kayla Day (LL): 7-6 (3), 6-4
• Linda Noskova (26) beat Camila Giorgi: 6-3, 7-5
• Anna Kalinskaya (21) beat Taylor Townsend (Q): 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
• Katie Volynets (WC) beat Ons Jabeur (6): 6-4, 6-4
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (12) beat Rebecca Sramkova (Q): 7-5, 6-2
• Anastasia Potapova (28) beat Marie Bouzkova: 7-5, 6-1
• Jasmine Paolini (13) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-3, 6-3
• Marta Kostyuk (31) beat Mai Hontama (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Caroline Wozniacki (WC) beat Donna Vekic (25): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Veronika Kudermetova (17) beat Nao Hibino (Q): 6-1, 7-5
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Danielle Collins: 6-3, 6-0
• Marketa Vondrousova (7) beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-0, 6-2
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (22) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Angelique Kerber beat Jelena Ostapenko (10): 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
• Yulia Putintseva beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (15): 7-5, 6-1