Leylah Fernandez turns on the style with thrilling comeback win at Indian Wells

Sealed with an exclamation point 🚀@leylahfernandez | #BNPPO21 pic.twitter.com/mwleazOdgt
— wta (@WTA) October 11, 2021
Fresh from knocking off US Open champion Emma Raducanu, the world number 100 beat the two-time Grand Slam winner 7-5 6-4.
The victory sets up a battle with compatriot Victoria Azarenka for a place in the quarter-finals after Azarenka mirrored Sasnovich’s score in disposing of seventh seed Petra Kvitova.
Speech of the night courtesy of 🇧🇾 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 🎤#BNPPO21 pic.twitter.com/Uw69vw8Y86
— wta (@WTA) October 11, 2021
Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina outlasted Romania’s Sorana Cirstea in a marathon contest, coming back from a dropped first set to win 4-6 6-4 7-6 (3) in two-and-a-half hours.
Polish second seed Iga Swiatek needed less than half of that time to breeze past Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova 6-1 6-0.
Swiatek will face Jelena Ostapenko in the round of 16 after the Latvian overcome Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva 6-3 2-6 6-3.
Jessica Pegula, Shelby Rogers and Leylah Fernandez wrapped up Sunday’s third-round winners.
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