Defending champ Swiatek races into Indian Wells 3rd round; Fritz fights through

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World number one Iga Swiatek launched her bid for a rare Indian Wells title repeat with a convincing 6-0, 6-1 second-round victory over 56th-ranked American Claire Liu on Saturday, March 11.

She didn't have things quite so much her own way in the second. She never faced a break point, but Liu did manage to save a match point as she finally held serve in the penultimate game.

"For sure Claire used that moment when I didn't play as aggressive that I should be, but I'm pretty happy that I was able to close it out pretty fast," said Swiatek, the reigning French Open and US Open champion who was surprised in the round of 16 at the Australian Open in January. Fritz is seeded fourth in a field led by world number two Carlos Alcaraz, who was scheduled to open his campaign against Australian qualifier Thanasi Kokkinaki on Saturday night.

Eighth-seeded Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime and 11th-seeded Jannik Sinner both made it safely through. Auger-Aliassime beat Spain's Pedro Martinez 7-6 , 6-4 while Sinner beat French veteran Richard Gasquet 6-3, 7-6 .

Two-time Indian Wells winner Victoria Azarenka bowed out, the 14th seed falling to 67th-ranked Czech Karolina Muchova 7-6 , 6-3.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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