Bia Haddad wins over Slovak and Brazil has a perfect day at Indian Wells

The Brazilian Beat Rebecca Sramková to go to the tournament’s second round; Luisa Stefani and Thiago Wild also triumphed.

Brazil enjoyed a successful day at Indian Wells’ WTA 1000. Bia Haddad defeated Slovakian Rebecca Sramková 2-0 in the wee hours of this Saturday to get to the third round of the competition, with scores of 7/5 and 6/2.

As a result, the tournament’s second phase was immediately accessible to the 13th place finisher in the world rankings. Luisa Stefani, who participated in doubles with Dutchman Demi Schuurs, also prevailed.

They defeated Romanian Sorana Cirstea and Croatian Donna Vekic in two sets, 6/2 and 6/4. Apart from Bia and Stefani, Thiago Wild won for the fourth time in a row.

Haddad, Bia At the outset of the match, Maia got off to a good start. Taking advantage of her opponent’s errors and breaking Sramková at the first opportunity, she won the opening set 3-0.

Then Bia had difficulties because of the Slovak. During a game of logos, the two faced one another, and Rebecca returned the breaks, tying the partial.

The Brazilian kept her focus during the last few points of the set and finished off a strong return game with a stunning volley.

The second set was more competitive from the off and wasn’t as simple for Bia. Sramková led 2-1 in the half after earning a break point. But shortly after, Bia Haddad tied the set after regaining the break.

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The Brazilian then took control of the match, winning four more games to seal the victory.

In the singles tournament, Bia will next face Russian Anastasya Pavlyuchenkova in an attempt to advance to the round of 16.

In the tournament bracket, Anastasya won two sets to none (6/3 and 6/1) over Nuria Parrizas Dias of Spain to proceed. Prior to that, Bia makes her Indian Wells doubles tournament debut. This Saturday at 7:45 p.m. (Brasília time), she will play again with American Taylor Townsend.

Luisa also wins in Indian Wells

Luisa Stefani won her Indian Wells debut. At the top of the 6 doubles group, they defeated the Romanian Sorana Cirstea and the Croatian Donna Vekic in two sets to zero, with partials of 6/2 and 6/4.

They were partnered with the Dutch Demi Schuurs. Although Stefani (who finished 13th in doubles) and Schuurs (15th) had just won the first WTA 1000 of the year in Doha, they had just lost in their opening round match in Dubai.

Rain on Thursday forced the match to be suspended; it was picked up on Friday at the conclusion of the round, starting with the first game. Stefani and Schuurs controlled the opening set, conceding only three points in service games while managing two breaks.

The games were longer and more competitive in the second half. The Brazilian duo broke to make it 3-2, but they lost the opportunity to make it 4-3. They won the final three games of the match after regaining the upper hand on break points in the eighth game.

Stefani and Schuurs now have to compete against the Russian duo Anna Kalinskaya and Veronika Kudermetova, or the Chinese duo Hanyu Guo and Ulrikke Eikeri, who will continue to play each other.

Thiago Wild wins four straight.

Thiago Wild had a successful evening as well, winning at Indian Wells for the fourth time in a row. In one hour and twenty-five minutes, the world no. 1 and Brazil’s top player defeated the 15th-ranked Russian Karen Khachanov in two sets, with splits of 6/1 and 7/5.

Thiago Wild had a great start to the match, taking advantage of the Russian’s poor serve-handling technique. In the first set, Khachanov allowed the Brazilian to lead 5-0 and then let two breaks go.

In the second set, Khachanov improved his serving and increased the level of competition.

Thiago Wild attempted to make a break after managing to save a break point at the start of the segment, but it was unsuccessful. After a double fault, Khachanov dropped 40 points to 0 and the players were knotted till 5-5. Using his serve to his advantage, Wild won the match in straight sets.

Wild will play Hungarian Fabian Marozsan in the next round. Marozsan defeated Nicolas Jarry of Chile by scores of 3/6, 7/5, and 6/4. The Brazilian might face Felix Auger-Aliassime or Carlos Alcaraz if he passes Marozsan.

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