World No 1 Swiatek survives Andreescu test to reach last 16 in Indian Wells; Raducanu next

Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, survived a tough test of her title credentials at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells on Monday as she beat Canadian Bianca Andreescu 6-3, 7-6 (1)to reach the last 16.

The world No 1 (1) needed more than two hours to clinch her place in round four, where she will meet Britain’s Emma Raducanu, like Andreescu, another former US Open champion.

“I’m really happy that I actually played such a tight match, because now I see how I can handle those situations after couple of matches that were kind of one way,” Swiatek said.

“So I think we both played well. I’m happy that in those important moments I was the one that was more solid.”

The 21-year-old Pole beat American Claire Liu (6-0, 6-1) in her opening match. In the previous round, Andreescu, ranked No 36, beat American wildcard Peyton Stearns (4-6, 6-4, 6-3).

Indian Wells WTA 1000, other third-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):

• Varvara Gracheva vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Ons Jabeur (4): 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Emma Raducanu beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (13): 6-1, 2-6, 6-4
• Elena Rybakina (10) beat Paula Badosa (21): 6-3, 7-5
• 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