Emma Raducanu eased into the final 32 at Indian Wells with a 7-6 (3) 6-2 victory over Magda Linette.
Raducanu overcame damage doubts and sickness to beat Danka Kovinic in her opener at Indian Wells, and the British No 1 needed to name for a physio after battling again from an early deficit.
Poland’s Linette, twenty first within the WTA rankings and 55 locations greater than Raducanu, took the primary break of the match for a 3-1 first-set lead.
But Raducanu fought again from 4-1 right down to stage at 4-4 earlier than calling for a physio at 6-5 forward.
Both gamers, considerably bizarrely, misplaced their serve to like because the opening set went into time beyond regulation.
Raducanu, who beat Linette of their solely earlier assembly on the 2022 Korea Open, gained the tie-break 7-3 to ascertain a bonus after 62 minutes on court docket.
The odds had been actually stacked towards Linette when Raducanu broke serve to steer 3-1 within the second set.
She comfortably closed out victory towards this yr’s Australian Open semi-finalist and can now meet both Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic or Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia within the final 32.
Jack Draper beat Dan Evans 6-4 6-2 in an all-British second-round match.
It was an enormous win for Draper, 27 spots beneath the Twenty ninth-placed Evans on the ATP rankings and marks an upturn in his fortunes after sickness and health points in latest months.
