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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. , Oct 10 (AP) \u2014 Top seeds Daniil Medvedev and Karolina Pliskova rolled to straight-set victories at the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday, when several lower-seeded players were knocked out.<\/p>\n
Medvedev beat American Mackenzie McDonald 6-4, 6-2, extending his winning streak to eight matches dating to his U.S. Open championship last month. Medvedev never faced a break point against McDonald, who was was broken three times.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m actually really pleased because usually I haven\u2019t played well in Indian Wells and I haven\u2019t been playing that well in practices,\u201d Medvedev said. \u201cI\u2019m really happy with my performance. That\u2019s the most important thing no matter how I played before the tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pliskova advanced to the third round with a 7-5, 6-2 win over Magdalena Frech at the combined ATP and WTA event. Pliskova fired six aces, giving her a Tour-leading 387 this year, and converted five of her six break points.<\/p>\n
Bianca Andreescu, the 2019 champion, beat Alison Riske 7-6 (2), 7-5.<\/p>\n
Fifth-seeded Garbine Muguruza was the highest-seeded woman to lose.<\/p>\n
Muguruza, who won last week\u2019s event in Chicago, lost to Ajla Tomljanovic 3-6, 6-1, 6-3. It was Tomljanovic\u2019s first win in seven tries over a Top-10 player this year. She was a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon in July.<\/p>\n
Anna Kalinskaya outlasted No. 28 Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 and American Amanda Anisimova defeated No. 30 Camila Giorgi 6-4, 6-1.<\/p>\n
No. 12 seed Ons Jabeur, who lost to Muguruza in the Chicago final, advanced with a 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3 win over Anastasija Sevastova for her Tour-leading 45th match victory of the year.<\/p>\n
Coco Gauff, seeded 15th, outlasted Caroline Garcia 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-1, offsetting 12 aces with seven double faults.<\/p>\n
No. 18 Anett Kontaveit retired trailing 6-3, 5-2 against Martina Trevisan. No. 22 Danielle Collins advanced when Lauren Davis retired trailing 6-1.<\/p>\n
On the men\u2019s side, No. 8 Hubert Hurkacz, No. 11 Diego Schwartzman, No. 16 Reilly Opelka and No. 18 Daniel Evans won.<\/p>\n
No. 9 Denis Shapovalov was leading 3-0 when Vasek Pospisil retired. Tommy Paul defeated No. 28 Duasn Lajovic 6-3, 6-3 and Frances Tiafoe beat No. 32 Sebastian Korda 6-0, 6-4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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