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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. – The weather is rather cool in the desert this time around. But the winds were kicking up enough to make it tricky as the women’s qualifying at the BNP Paribas Open began on Monday.

American junior Ashlyn Krueger was impressive in dispatching No. 4 seed Panna Udvardy of Hungary, for her top-100 win.

The field, overall, was a mix of veterans and teenagers, all fighting for the same thing.

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BNP Paribas Open
Location: Indian Wells, Calif.
Category: WTA 1000 (joint event with the ATP Tour)
Dates: March 9 – 20, 2022
Prize money: $8,369,455 / $8,584,055

Draws: S96 – D32

Monday, March 7, 2022
Final results
Singles qualifying, first round

Wild cards

[WC] Ashlyn Krueger (USA) def. [4] Panna Udvardy (HUN) 76 (5) 76 (2)

[5] Anna Kalinskaya def. [WC] Reese Brantmeier (USA) 64 61
[2] Marie Bouzkova (CZE) def. [WC] Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) 60 75
[13] Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) def. [WC] Elisabeth Mandlik (USA) 62 61
[19] Qiang Wang (CHN) def. [WC] Theodora Rabman (USA) 60 60

Upsets

Mai Hontama (JPN) def. [1] Greet Minnen (BEL) 63 26 62
Katie Boulter (GBR) def. [6] Wang Xinyu (CHN) 67 (8) 64 64
Kristen Flipkens (BEL) def. [8] Lauren Davis (USA) 75 63
Anastasia Gasanova (RUS) def. [11] Diane Parry (FRA) 46 63 62
[PR] Daria Saville (AUS) def. [15] Kamilla Rakhimova 75 63
Christina McHale (USA) def. [16] Jule Niemeyer (GER) 36 75 64
Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) def. [18] Irina Bara (ROU) 60 36 62
Catherine McNally (USA) def. [22] Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) 46 75 75
Sara Errani (ITA) def. [24] Ekaterina Gorgodze (GEO) 67 (5) 64 60

Seeded wins

[3] Kaja Juvan (SLO) def. [PR] Tatjana Maria (GER) 75 62
[7] Magdalena Frech (POL) def. Alycia Parks (USA) 62 63
[9] Astra Sharma (AUS) def. Yuan Yue (CHN) 62 75
[10] Harmony Tan (FRA) def. Priscilla Hon (AUS) 63 64
[12] Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) def. Renata Zarazua (MEX) 63 61
[14] Dalma Galfi (HUN) def. Maddison Inglis (AUS) 46 63 64
[17] Chloe Paquet (FRA) def. Reka Luca Jani (HUN) 64 36 64
[20] Heather Watson (GBR) def. Rebeka Masarova (ESP) 75 62
[21] Harriet Dart (GBR) def. Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove (NED) 61 75
[22] Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) def. Olga Govortsova 75 75