BNP Paribas Open: Iga Swiatek, Jessica Pegula And Mirra Andreeva Through To Next Round
Iga Swiatek, Jessica Pegula and Mirra Andreeva had contrasting wins at Indian Wells.
Iga Swiatek, the women’s defending champion in this combined ATP and WTA 1000 event, eased through her opener 6-2, 6-0 against French veteran Caroline Garcia at Indian Wells on Friday.
“I’m happy that I was solid until the end, and I’m just happy that I adjusted to the conditions well," said Swiatek, who played as the late afternoon temperture dropped and the breeze picked up.
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“First matches are not easy, and didn’t know what to expect from Caro, but I’m happy that I could dominate from the beginning."
Swiatek converted six of her nine break points and was broken only once in the 61-minute victory.
Fourth-seeded American Jessica Pegula also powered through, beating Poland’s Magda Linette 6-4, 6-2.
“Honestly, I think it was just handling the conditions," Pegula said. “I felt like I was able to handle the side with the wind pretty well and really take advantage of using that for my serve … and then just being a little gritty and digging out some tough points on the side that was against the wind."
Mirra Andreeva, the 17-year-old Russian, who became the youngest ever WTA 1000 champion in Dubai last month, battled back from 0-4 down in the second set to beat France’s 70th-ranked Varvara Gracheva 7-5, 6-4 in another windblown, error-laden late match.
Andreeva, seeded ninth, booked a third-round meeting with Denmark’s Clara Tauson, the woman she beat in the Dubai final.
Tauson advanced with a 7-6 (7/3), 7-5 victory over Colombian Camila Osorio, who had ousted four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka in the first round.
Ruud Shocked, Medvedev Through
American Marcos Giron joined Tallon Griekspoor in posting his first win over a top-five player, upsetting fourth seed Casper Ruud 7-6 (7/4), 3-6, 6-2.
Russian Daniil Medvedev, runner-up to Carlos Alcaraz the past two years, moved on with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over 71st-ranked Bu Yunchaokete of China.
Fifth-seeded Medvedev, bundled up against the cold desert night air with leggings under his shorts and long sleeves, dropped his serve to open the match.
But he broke back immediately and was never seriously threatened despite the wealth of long rallies.
“I’ll be surprised if he had more than five winners in the match," Medvedev said. “I just knew that I have to put the ball in court and run."
(With inputs from Agencies)
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