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WTA Tour – Friday, March 7, 2025 final results

The seeds arrive. And that means Iga Swiatek and Zheng Qinwen and Elena Rybakina and Mirra Andreeva and everyone else in the bottom half of the draw.

As well, in a bad bit of draw luck. No. 2 seeded Cana-Kiwis Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe take on their countrywoman Leylah Fernandez, who is playing with Dabrowski’s old partner Luisa Stefani.

Potential upsets include Yastremska over [32] Ons Jabeur.

No. 11 seed Paula Badosa, whose back acted up on her last week in Mérida and pulled out of the TieBreak Tens exhibition a few days ago, was a late scratch Thursday night for her scheduled match on Friday.

And as with the men, there are a few holdover matches from Thursday.

(Indian Wells is three hours behind ET).

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BNP Paribas Open
Location: Indian Wells, Calif.
Category: WTA 1000 (Joint event with the ATP Tour) 
Surface: Hard Court
Dates:  March 5 – 16, 2025
Prize Money: $8,963,700
Draws: S96 – D32

Friday, March 7, 2025
Final results

Singles, second round

Upsets

Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def [21] Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 62 62

Wang Xinyu (CHN) def [26] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 64 64

Lulu Sun (NZL) def [31] Linda Noskova (CZE) 61 64

Dayana Yastremska (UKR) def [32] Ons Jabeur (TUN) 63 61 

 

 

Seeds advancing

[2] Iga Swiatek (POL) def Caroline Garcia (FRA) 62 60

[4] Jessica Pegula (USA) def Magda Linette (POL) 64 62

[7] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def Suzan Lamens (NED) 63 63

[8] Zheng Qinwen (CHN) def. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 63 64

[9] Mirra Andreeva (RUS) def. Varvara Gracheva (RUS) 75 64

[14] Danielle Collins (AUS) def [Q] Hailey Baptiste (USA) 57 62 64

[15] Karolina Muchova (CZE) def. Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) 64 63

[18] Marta Kostyuk (UKR) def. [WC] Robin Montgomery (USA) 61 63

[22] Clara Tauson (DEN) def Camila Osorio (COL) 76 (3) 75

[23] Elina Svitolina (UKR) def Ashlyn Krueger (USA) 61 67 (8) 63

[25] Katie Boulter (GBR) def Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 67 (2) 63 60

 

 

Other results

[WC] Caroline Dolehide (USA) def [11] Paula Badosa (ESP) [LL] Eva Lys (GER) 76 (3) 64

 

 

 

Singles, first round

Elina Avanesyan (ARM) def. Lauren Davis (USA) 64 62

[WC] Iva Jovic (USA) def Julia Grabher (AUT) 26 75 60

[WC] Alycia Parks (USA) def Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) 64 63

 

 

 

Doubles, first round

[2] Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Erin Routliffe (NZL) def. Leylah Fernandez (CAN) / Luisa Stefani (BRA) 57 63 [10-1]

 

Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) def [7] Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Irina Khromacheva (RUS)  36 63 [10-8]

 

[6] Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) def Cristina Bucsa (ESP) / Miyu Kato (JPN) 26 63 [10-6]

[8] Sofia Kenin (USA) / Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) def Alexandra Panova (RUS) / Ena Shibahara (JPN) 36 61 [10-7]

 

[WC] Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) / Caty McNally (USA) def Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) / Elise Mertens (BEL) 46 62 [10-7]

Makenna Jones / McCartney Kessler (USA) def Marie Bouzkova (CZE) / Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 62 64

 

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