WTA Indian Wells: Muchova through to last 16 to face Swiatek
Muchova won against Katerina Siniakova 7-5, 6-1 on Sunday. She’ll face Pole Iga Swiatek, the second seed, in the next round
Karolina Muchova (ZUMA / Panoramic)
No 15 seed Karolina Muchova advanced to the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open by winning against Katerina Siniakova 7-5, 6-1 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Sunday.
Muchova, ranked No 15, will face Poland’s Iga Swiatek, the second seed, next. The Pole, ranked No 2 in the world, has a 3-1 edge over Muchova, including a win over the Czech at the United Cup at the start of the season.
Muchova beat Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto (6-4, 6-3) earlier in the week. In the previous rounds of the tournament, Siniakova, ranked No 59, defeated Argentinian qualifier Maria Lourdes Carle (6-2, 6-1) and Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the No 21 seed (6-2, 6-2).
Indian Wells WTA 1000, other third-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 8,963,700):
- Elena Rybakina (7) beat Katie Boulter (25): 6-0, 7-5
- Iga Swiatek beat Dayana Yastremska: 6-0, 6-2
- Marta Kostyuk (18) beat Caroline Dolehide (WC): 6-3, 6-3
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Lulu Sun
- Clara Tauson vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Elise Mertens vs. Madison Keys
- Emma Navarro vs. Donna Vekic
- Belinda Bencic vs. Diana Shnaider
- Coco Gauff vs. Maria Sakkari
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Polina Kudermetova vs. Sonay Kartal
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Danielle Collins vs. Elina Svitolina
- Xinyu Wang vs. Jessica Pegula
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