Indian Wells: Coco Gauff survives scare; Medvedev overcomes Zverev

Indian Wells: Alcaraz moves into quarterfinals

Indian Wells : Coco Gauff rallied from a break down in the final set to beat Swede Rebecca Peterson 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 and reach the Indian Wells quarter-finals for the first time on Tuesday.

After taking the first set, the sixth-seeded American began to struggle with her forehand in the second and an opportunistic Peterson began to apply pressure by coming into the net.

But after suffering an early break in the decider, Gauff stepped up her defence, fending off three break points at 4-4 and breaking Peterson for a fourth time on match point to book her spot in the last eight.

Next up for Gauff is a meeting with Belarusian second seed Aryna Sabalenka, who survived a second-set scare to beat 16th seed Barbora Krejcikova 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.

Sabalenka sent down 11 aces in the match to secure victory and get revenge on the Czech, who beat her at last month's Dubai Tennis Championships.

Elsewhere, seventh seed Maria Sakkari outlasted big-serving Czech Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 in a two-hour and 45-minute marathon to reach the quarters.

Sakkari will next face Czech 15th seed Petra Kvitova for a semi-final spot, after the two-time Wimbledon champion saved four match points en route to a 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(11) win over third-seeded American Jessica Pegula.

World number one Iga Swiatek continued her Indian Wells title defense with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Emma Raducanu on Tuesday to set up a quarter-final against unseeded Romanian Sorana Cirstea.

Swiatek, bidding to become only the second female player to successfully defend the Indian Wells title after Martina Navratilova in 1990-91, raced to a 5-1 lead playing flawless tennis and running her opponent ragged.

Daniil Medvedev shook off a mid-match ankle injury to reach the quarter-finals with a gutsy 6-7(5), 7-6(5), 7-5 victory over Germany's Alexander Zverev, extending his winning streak to 17 matches.

Medvedev said, he planned to tape the ankle and take a painkiller to be good to go when he faces Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in his quarter-final. Fokina beat Chile's Cristian Garin 6-3, 6-4.

Defending champion Taylor Fritz dug deep into his arsenal to beat Hungarian Marton Fucsovics 6-4, 6-3 to reach the quarters.

Elsewhere, 10th-seeded Briton Cameron Norrie upset sixth-seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia 6-2, 6-4 and American Frances Tiafoe was a 6-4, 6-4 winner over Chilean Alejandro Tabilo.

Top seed Carlos Alcaraz moved into the quarterfinal of the Indian Wells Masters after his British opponent Jack Draper retired midway with an injury.

The Spaniard led Jack Draper 6-2, 2-0 when the Briton was forced to retire with an abdominal injury that first affected him late in his Monday win against Andy Murray. Agencies

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