more-inVenus Williams cut her sister Serena’s comeback short with a 6-3, 6-4 win in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open here on Monday. Next up for the 27-year-old Dane is Daria Kasatkina who defeated U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens 6-4, 6-3. The results (third round):Men: Roger Federer bt Filip Krajinovic 6-2, 6-1; Jeremy Chardy bt Adrian Mannarino 7-5, 4-6, 6-1; Hyeon Chung bt Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-4; Pablo Cuevas bt Dominic Thiem 3-6, 6-4, 4-2 retd. ; Taylor Fritz bt Fernando Verdasco 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(1); Borna Coric bt Roberto Bautista 6-1, 6-3; Pablo Carreno-Busta bt Daniil Medvedev 6-1, 7-5; Kevin Anderson bt Nicolas Kicker 7-6(1), 7-6(3). Women: Venus Williams bt Serena Williams 6-3, 6-4; Anastasija Sevastova bt Julia Georges 6-3, 6-3; Carla Suarez bt Elina Svitolina 7-5, 6-3; Caroline Garcia bt Daria Gavrilova 7-5, 6-4; Danielle Collins bt Sofya Zhuk 6-4, 6-4; Angelique Kerber bt Elena Vesnina 7-5, 6-2; Caroline Wozniacki bt Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-4, 2-6, 6-3; Darya Kasatkina bt Sloane Stephens 6-4, 6-3.

Source: The Hindu March 13, 2018 16:37 UTC