AFP, INDIAN WELLS, CaliforniaAngelique Kerber might yet celebrate her return to No. She needed 2 hours, 33 minutes in the baking sun on Stadium Court to get past Parmentier, who until this year had never won a match at Indian Wells in five prior appearances. Halep, the 2015 Indian Wells champion, was not too discouraged, saying the knee trouble that forced her to pull out of St Petersburg before her quarter-final last month had since limited her training. The American next faces China’s Peng Shuai, who ousted sixth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-4, 6-4. Eighth-seeded Austrian Dominic Thiem powered into the fourth round with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Germany’s Mischa Zverev.

Source: Taipei Times March 14, 2017 15:56 UTC