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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. – Still no Bianca Andreescu or Leylah Fernandez on the women’s side in singles.

But Andreescu and her pal Yulia Putintseva, who have a wild card into the doubles, do finally spring into action.

The Canadian will probably be happy to at least get a competitive match in; she’s been in the desert for awhile now.

On the other side of things, the bottom half plays its second round matches and that means Aryna Sabalenka, Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff, to name just three.

(Indian Wells, Calif. is on PT, three hours behind ET)

IW ’23 – Friday, March 10, 2023 ATP final results

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BNP Paribas Open
Dates: March 6 – 19, 2023
Location: Indian Wells, Calif.
Surface: Outdoor Hard (WTA 1000)
Prize money: $8,800,000
Draws: S96 – D32

Friday, March 10, 2023
Final results

Singles, first round

Retirements

[Q] Rebecca Peterson (SWE) def [22] Zhang Shuai (CHN) 30 ret

Upsets

Jil Teichmann (SUI) def [9] Belinda Bencic (SUI) 36 63 63
Wang Xinyu (CHN) def [18] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) 62 63
[Q] Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) def [29] Donna Vekic (CRO) 26 62 62
Linda Noskova (CZE) def. [31] Amanda Anisimova (USA)

Comeback wins

[3] Jessica Pegula (USA) def Camila Giorgi (ITA) 36 61 62
[26] Anastasia Potapova (RUS) def. Wang Xiyu (CHN) 46 76 (4) 62
[27] Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) def Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) 46 64 75

Seeds advancing

[2] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) def. [PR] Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 62 60
[6] Coco Gauff (USA) def. [Q] Cristina Bucsa (ESP) 62 64
[7] Maria Sakkari (GRE) def Shelby Rogers (USA) 26 64 60
[11] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) def. Anna Blinkova (RUS) 63 64
[15] Petra Kvitova (CZE) def. [WC] Elizabeth Mandik (USA) 61 75
[16] Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) def. [WC] Dayana Yastremska (UKR) 61 62
[17] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) def Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) 26 60 64
[24] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def. Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 75 36 62

Doubles, first round

[8] Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Ellen Perez (AUS) def. [WC] Bianca Andreescu (CAN) / Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 76 (3) 64

Magda Linette (POL) / Caty McNally (USA) def Monica Niculescu (ROU) / Alicja Rosolska (POL) 63 62
[WC] Danielle Collins / Peyton Stearns (USA) def Anna Bondar (HUN) / Kimberley Zimmerman (BEL) 62 62
Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) / Laura Siegemund (GER) def Eri Hozumi (JPN) / Yana Sizikova (RUS) 64 61