Indian Wells WTA: Gracheva knocks out Kvitova
Varvara Gracheva edged out Petra Kvitova 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday and will face No 9 seed Mirra Andreeva in the next round
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Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva advanced to the second round of the Indian Wells WTA 1000 by edging out wildcard Petra Kvitova 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in California on Wednesday.
Gracheva, ranked No 70, will play No 9 seed Mirra Andreeva next.
Indian Wells WTA 1000, other first-round results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8.963.700, most recent results first):
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Katie Volynets
- Camila Osorio vs. Naomi Osaka
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Yue Yuan
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Viktorija Golubic vs. Kimberly Birrell
- Lauren Davis vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Maya Joint
- Alycia Parks vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Belinda Bencic vs. Tatjana Maria
- Olga Danilovic vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Emma Raducanu vs. Moyuka Uchijima
- Iva Jovic vs. Julia Grabher
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Catherine McNally
- Maddison Inglis vs. Sofia Kenin
- Sonay Kartal vs. Varvara Lepchenko
- Claire Liu vs. Polina Kudermetova
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Anna Blinkova vs. McCartney Kessler
- Jule Niemeier vs. Robin Montgomery
- Mayar Sherif vs. Xinyu Wang
- Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Caroline Dolehide
- Clervie Ngounoue vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Peyton Stearns vs. Magda Linette
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Suzan Lamens
- Hailey Baptiste vs. Whitney Osuigwe: wednesday
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Ann Li: wednesday
- Caroline Garcia beat Bernarda Pera (WC): 6-3, 6-4
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Renata Zarazua: 6-4, 1-0 ret.
- Lulu Sun beat Rebecca Sramkova: 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (2)
