For his first match since his triumph at the Australian Open, Madison Keys has perfectly succeeded in Indian Wells by eliminating Anastasia Potapova without problem. Also qualification of Aryna Sabalenka, Jasmine Paolini or Coco Gauff.
If only five players in the top 10 will be present in the round of 16 of Indian Wells Masters 1000, they will be nine female side, only Paula Badosa missing due to back injury. Madison Keys, the world n ° 5, has been playing his first game since her surprise triumph at the Australian Open. The 30 -year -old American wanted to take advantage of the weeks that followed her first success in Grand Slam, but here she is back, and it was Anastasia Potapova who paid the price. The world n ° 34 lost 6-3, 6-0 in 1h03. Even if it returned from 0-2 to 3-2 at the start of the match, the Russian then underwent the law of the American, which won ten games in a row!
A formality for Keys, who won her thirteenth game in a row in 2025 and will now challenge Elise Mertens (28th), who has had Kimberly Birrell (6-4, 7-5) serving 10 aces. The world n ° 1 and finalist in Melbourne Aryna Sabalenka, eliminated from the start in Doha and in the round of 16 in Dubai, hopes to regain confidence in California. And it’s pretty good since she won her first match 7-6, 6-3 in 1h32 against McCartney Kessler without having the slightest break ball to defend. The Belarusian won the tie-break of the first set 7-4 then Breaké at 0-0 and 5-3 in the second to win this match. Next opponent: Lucia Bronzetti (62nd), who eliminated the seeded n ° 30 Magdalena Frech 6-3, 7-5 in a match at 10 breaks.
21 Double-Fautes but a victory for GAUFF
If Sabalenka is not in great shape, what about the world n ° 3 Coco Gauff, which remained on three defeats in a row since his eighth finals in Melbourne. The American suffered, but she ended this series by beating Moyuka Uchijima 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 after 2:34 am play. 21 double-fautes and breeding eight times, Gauff lived a little ordeal, but she ended up barely getting out of it by winning the tie-break of the last set 7-4. It will be clearly necessary to raise the level of play against Maria Sakkari (29th), who had eliminated him in the semi-finals last year, and who beat Viktoriya Tomova 6-0 on Saturday, 6-3 in 1:10, despite three bleaks conceded. Jasmine Paolini (6th) also needed three sets to win against Iva Jovic (7-6, 1-6, 6-3 in a match at eleven breaks), but offers himself the right to face Jaqueline Cristian (79th), tomb of the head of series n ° 27 Leylah Fernandez (5-7, 7-6, 6-3 after 3:16.
Emma Navarro, the world n ° 8, also struggled, but ended up beating Sorana Cirstea 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 after saving two match balls at 5-3 in the last set. It will be necessary to play better against Donna Vekic (22nd), tomb of Elina Avaneyan (6-3, 6-3). Also note the qualification of the seeded n ° 12 Daria Kasatkina (6-3, 7-5, 6-4 against Kenin), the n ° 13 Diana Shnaider (6-1, 6-1 against Parks) and the n ° 24 LIUDMILA SAMSONOVA (7-6, 6-4 against McNally), and the elimination of n ° 16 Beatriz Haddad Maia (6-2, 6-1 against Kartal), from n ° 17 Amanda Anisimova (6-4, 6-7, 6-1 against Bencic) and the n ° 20 Ekaterina Alexandrova (7-5, 6-2 against P.Kudermetova).
