INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — High-ranked Iga Swiatek moved on on the BNP Paribas Open with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over power-hitting Danielle Collins on Friday.
Swiatek improved to 15-2 this season and earned her fifth straight win over the 30-year-old American, who beforehand introduced that she intends to retire after the season.
The 2 met in January within the second spherical of the Australian Open, with Swiatek profitable 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
This one was a lot simpler.
Swiatek, a four-time main champion, received 71.1 per cent of her first-serve factors, in comparison with Collins’ 50 per cent. Collins did herself no favors with unforced errors and 7 double-faults.
Swiatek will face Linda Noskova. Noskova beat Swiatek within the third spherical at Melbourne Park to the 19-year-old Noskova.
In different girls’s motion, Angelique Kerber battled again to beat Jelena Ostapenko 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 in a matchup of former Grand Slam champions. It was just like Kerber’s three-set win in Cincinnati in 2021 earlier than she turned a mom and returned to motion this 12 months.
Kerber, who reached the Indian Wells last in 2019, is a three-time Grand Slam titlist.
On the boys’s facet, Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner cruised to a 6-3, 6-0 win over Thanasi Kokkinakis to increase his profitable streak to 16 matches. The third-ranked Sinner received 74.5 per cent of his service factors to run his all-time document towards Kokkinakis to 4-0.
Defending match champion Carlos Alcaraz got here again from a set right down to beat Matteo Arnaldi 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-1.
Additionally, Andrey Rublev defeated Andy Murray 7-6 (3), 6-1, whereas Alejandro Tabilo, Alexander Zverev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alex de Minaur additionally received in straight units.
