Indian Wells WTA: Samsonova races past Paolini

Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 24 seed, moved into the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells WTA 1000 by beating Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 6 seed, 6-0, 6-4 in California on Wednesday.

Samsonova, ranked No 25, will face Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the Russian won against American Catherine McNally (7-6 (8), 6-4) and No 12 seed Daria Kasatkina (2-6, 6-3, 6-2).

Paolini, ranked No 6, defeated American wildcard Iva Jovic (7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-3) and edged out Romanian Jaqueline Cristian (6-4, 3-6, 6-4) in the previous rounds of the Indian Wells tournament.

Indian Wells WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8.963.700, most recent results first):

• Aryna Sabalenka beat Sonay Kartal (LL): 6-1, 6-2
• Madison Keys (5) beat Donna Vekic (19): 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-3
• Belinda Bencic (WC) beat Coco Gauff (3): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Qinwen Zheng (8) beat Marta Kostyuk (18): 6-3, 6-2
• Mirra Andreeva (9) beat Elena Rybakina (7): 6-1, 6-2
• Elina Svitolina (23) beat Jessica Pegula (4): 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
• Iga Swiatek (2) beat Karolina Muchova (15): 6-1, 6-1