INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Iga Swiatek avenged her Australian Open ouster by the hands of Linda Noskova, beating 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 superior to the spherical of 16, the place the top-ranked Polish star will face Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan. Putintseva beat Madison Keys 6-4, 6-1, a part of a tricky day for American singles gamers.
Francis Tiafoe misplaced 6-3, 6-3 to Stefanos Tsitsipas, and Katie Volynets was eradicated by Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 4-6, 6-0.
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 just below 73 minutes.
“I made some errors originally. I attempted to possibly play to complete the rallies too early,” Swiatek stated. “However I knew that if I’m going to attempt to keep constant and make somewhat bit much less errors, my probabilities could come.”
Jasmine Paolini gained one other tight match towards Anna Kalinskaya, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Paolini gained 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.
“I really like taking part in right here. I believe it’s known as the fifth Grand Slam, and I do know why,” Alcaraz stated. “I imply, the location is superb, the courts. I imply, I really feel right here so peaceable that I believe that tennis gamers, we’re going to each event and we attempt to discover, you recognize, that peace off the courtroom, to really feel calm, you recognize, and we discover it right here.”
Alcaraz advances to face Fabian Marozsan, the Hungarian who beat him as a One hundred and thirty fifth-ranked qualifier on the Italian Open 10 months in the past.
“After that match I actually needed to rematch that match towards him,” Alcaraz stated. “I imply, he’s taking part in nice tennis. He’s beating massive guys. … Yeah, I’m actually wanting ahead to taking part in towards him once more.”
Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula edged Sofia Kenin and Bethanie Mattek-Sands 7-5, 6-3 in an all-American doubles matchup. The highest-seeded males’s doubles staff is out after the primary spherical — Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen eradicated Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden 7-6, 4-6, 10-8.
