Camila Giorgi (Italy) qualified for the second round of the WTA 1000 Indian Wells Open after defeating Arantxa Rus (Netherlands) by 2-0 (6:3, 6:3) in 1:37 hours of play.
The Italian tennis player started the match with confidence. She made a break in the fourth game of the first set, but Arantxa Rus returned it immediately. However, Camila Giorgi succeeded to take a new lead at the very end of the set and served for the match. The last game was dramatic with 2 set points missed and 3 break points saved by her, but eventually succeeded to take the game, closing the set at 6:3.
Camila Giorgi needed to make a turnover in the second set, as the Dutch tennis player took a lead of 3:1 with a break in her favor. However, the Italian succeeded to take the next 5 games and closed the set again at 6:3.
In the second round, Camila Giorgi will face the 3rd-seeded Jessica Pegula (USA).
Shelby Rogers (USA) also advanced to the second round after defeating her compatriot Katie Volynets by 2-1 (6:4, 4:6, 6:1). In the next round, she will face the 7th-seeded Maria Sakkari (Greece).
The 20-year-old Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, who last week won her first WTA title in Austin, lost in the start of the WTA 1000 Indian Wells Open to Rebecca Peterson (Sweden) by 2-1 (7:5, 5:7, 7:5).
Lesia Tsurenko (ukraine) defeated Lin Zhu (China) by 2-0 (6:4, 6:3), while Anna Kalinskaya (Russia) advanced to the second round after a victory versus Alycia Parks (USA) by 2-0 (6:1, 6:1).
Alison Riske-Amritraj (USA) leaves the tennis tournament already in the first round after losing to her compatriot Elizabeth Mandlik by 1-2 (3:6, 7:5, 6:7).
Chinese player Xiyu Wang qualified for the second round of the WTA 1000 Indian Wells Open after defeating Olga Danilovic (Serbia) by 2-1 (4:6, 6:2, 6:3).
Jil Teichmann (Switzerland) did not gave many chances to her opponent Ashlyn Krueger (USA) and won the match by 2-0 (6:1, 6:4).
