INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Iga Swiatek avenged her Australian Open ouster by the hands of Linda Noskova, defeating the Czech teenager 6-4, 6-0 within the third spherical of the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday.
Second-seeded Carlos Alcaraz and third-seeded Jannik Sinner every superior in straight units within the males’s draw, however fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev misplaced to No. 32 seed Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 6-4.
Swiatek advances to the spherical of 16, the place the top-ranked Polish star will face Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan. Putintseva defeated Madison Keys 6-4, 6-1, a part of a troublesome begin to the day for American singles gamers.
Francis Tiafoe additionally misplaced in straight units, 6-3, 6-3 to Stefanos Tsitsipas. The Eleventh-seeded Tsitsipas will face Lehecka within the males’s spherical of 16.
Noskova beat Swiatek in three units in Australia, turning into the primary teen to beat a No. 1-ranked lady at that occasion in 25 years. The rematch was aggressive for a set, however Swiatek finally rolled to victory in slightly below 73 minutes.
“I made some errors initially. I attempted to perhaps play to complete the rallies too early,” Swiatek stated. “However I knew that if I will attempt to keep constant and make a bit of bit much less errors, my possibilities could come.”
Jasmine Paolini received one other tight match towards Anna Kalinskaya, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Paolini received the Dubai Championships two weeks in the past, rallying to win a three-set remaining over Kalinskaya.
Alcaraz beat Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-2, 6-3, and Sinner ousted Jan Lennard-Struff 6-3, 6-4.
Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula defeated Sofia Kenin and Bethanie Mattek-Sands 7-5, 6-3 in an all-American doubles matchup. The highest-seeded males’s doubles group is out after the primary spherical — Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen eradicated Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden 7-6, 4-6, 10-8.
