Vondroušová defeated Polka Magdalena Frechová 6: 1, 6: 3 after a month’s break, and after the fight Kvitová also succeeded, who after two and a half hours defeated Alexander Sasnovičová Belarus 6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 4. Siniaková was eliminated after losing 3: 6, 5: 7 with the tournament six Maria Sakkari from Greece, who will be Kvitová’s next opponent.
Vondroušová, the 30th seed, who presented herself on the court for the first time since resigning from the February semifinals in Dubai, quickly led 5: 0 today. After that, she lost the service, but then she got the first set. The Czech Republic entered the second set with another lost serve, but in the end it was able to celebrate an easy procedure.
Kvitová did not use two sets in the first set and gained a single point in the tie-break from 3-0. In the further course, she improved her service and, thanks to eight aces, eventually led to a tiring match to victory when she turned into a third sword.
Macháč, who is 158th in the ranking, did not use breakball against Medvedev in the beginning. On the contrary, in the sixth game, the Russian favorite took his service with a clean game and delivered the set with an overview. In the second set, Medvedev scored two more breaks, and after an hour and a quarter, he used the third match ball to the expected advance.
Indian Wells (hard surface): |
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Men ($ 9,554,920 grant): |
Singles – Round 2: |
Medvedev (1-Rus.) – Macháč (CZE) 6: 3, 6: 2 |
Alcaraz (19-Sp.) – McDonald (USA) 6: 3, 6: 3 |
Evans (27-Brit.) – Coria (Arg.) 6:2, 6:0. |
Women ($ 8,369,455): |
Singles – Round 2: |
Kvitova (27-CR) – Sasnovicova (BEL) 6: 7 (4: 7), 6: 4, 6: 4 |
Vondroušová (30-CZ) – Frechová (Pol.) 6: 1, 6: 3 |
Mertens (20-Belg.) – Kostukova (UKR) 6: 2, 6: 1 |
Paoliniová (It.) – Sabalenková (2-BEL.) 2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3 |