The third round of the 2022 WTA1000 Indian Wells station continues, with Sakkari facing Kvitova in this round, with the two sides winning three of their previous six encounters and two of their four hard courts, with the Greeks becoming the higher-ranked side for the first time. Sakkari's record this season is 12 wins and 4 losses, and Kova's record is 6 wins and 6 losses. Who do you think will win?
Sakkari went down nine consecutive innings in the second half of the game to sweep 27th seed Kvitova 6-3, 6-0 to reach the round of 16 again after four years. She will play against world Number 409 qualifier Savile in the next round, who beat 20th seed Mertens 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 to set a five-game winning streak and a best individual record.
30th seed Wandrowsova overcame a 2-4 deficit in the decider to reverse No. 4 seed Kontavit 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5) to win her first and sixth career TOP10 victories since the Tokyo Olympics and reach the round of 16 for the third time. She will face 21st seed Kudmetova in the next round, who received a retirement from Butzkova at 6-4, 0-2.
The 31st seed Grubich broke his opponent's serve twice in the decider to win the match, and finally defeated Borinie 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (4) to reach the round of 16 for the first time in his career. This is grubich's second win in a row (Melbourne) this season. No. 17 seed Lebakina defeated two-time champion and No. 13 seed Azarenka 6-3, 6-4 to win her second top 20 victory of the season, becoming the first Kazakh woman to reach the round of 16. This is the first time that Lebakina has won two consecutive games at the same stop since Adelaide at the beginning of the year, and she will compete with Grubic for a place in the quarterfinals.
In a Spanish derby match, defending champion and No. 5 seed Bardoza withstood the test of the first set and finally defeated The 32nd seed Tomo 7-6 (4)/6-1 to win a wave of eight consecutive victories in this station to reach the round of 16 again. 18th seed Fernandez defeated Rodgers 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 to avenge last year's defeat on the site and advance to the fourth round of the IW for two consecutive years. The Canadian youngster is currently on a seven-game winning streak in singles and will then compete with defending champions Bardoza for a place in the quarter-finals.
In this case, the Indian Wells women's singles round of 16 matchup is out, the matchup is as follows: Costia vs Halep, Martich vs. Samsonova, Svatek vs. Korbel, Dart vs. Keys, Badosa vs Fernandes, Kudmetova VS Vandrosova, Sakkari vs. Saville, Lebakina vs Grubich.
In addition, in the second round of the women's doubles, the No. 3 seeds Gauff/McNally defeated Sakkari/TomJanovic 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the quarterfinals against No. 7 seeds Mohammed/Shibahara Yingcai, who defeated Kenning/Risker 1-6, 6-4, 10-1. The women's doubles quarterfinals were all born against each other: Begu/Nikulescu vs [5] Dablovski/Olmos, Gauff/McNali vs. Mohammed/Shibahara Yingcai, Doleheide/Sanders vs. Xu Yipan/Yang Zhaoxuan, Butzkova/Hradecka vs Kone/Fernandez.